Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1491 (Over the Moor to Peggy)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel16ABG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Over the Moor to Peggy
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording IDM 1 (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Over the Moor to Peggy / Trasna an Mhóinteáin go Peige / The Monasteraden Fancy / Monasteraden Fancy / The Monasteryedan Fancy / Over the Moor to Maggie / Come West along the Road / Bog Siar an Bóthar (also parts reversed, also high part doubled, also in A) (compare Come West along the Road #364 and compare 1st part with 1st part of McKenna's #1264)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
19256#2[IDM 1] various. Irish Dance Music. View album details
~19817#2[ApW] Brian Conway and Tony DeMarco. The Apple in Winter. Irish Music in New York. Brian Conway (fiddle), Tony DeMarco (fiddle).View album details
~19891.1#1[JK 1] James Kelly. "Capel Street". James Kelly (fiddle).View album details
~199613#2[JCt 2] John Carty. Last Night's Fun. John Carty (fiddle, banjo, flute).View album details
~200513#2[LCJD] Liz Carroll and John Doyle. In Play. Liz Carroll (fiddle), John Doyle (guitar, bouzouki).View album details
200616#2[MMrch 2] Marcas Ó Murchú. Turas Ceoil. Marcas Ó Murchú (flute, whistle).View album details
~20063#3[Tda 3] Téada. Inné Amárach. Seán McElwain (guitar, bouzouki, banjo), Damien Stenson (flute), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán), Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, piano), Paul Finn (accordion).View album details
~20072#2[Hmdgr] Paul Brock and Enda Scahill. Humdinger. Paul Brock (accordion), Enda Scahill (banjo, mandolin).View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

As tune #206 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1925
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