Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1496 (Paddy Clancy's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Paddy Clancy's
 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 CC (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):
Paddy Clancy's / Paddy Clancy's Jig / Peadar Clancy's / Ah! Surely / The Thrush in the Meadow / Coleman's Favourite / Biddy McGhee / Jackson's / Fond of the Ladies / A Health to the Ladies / An Irishman's Heart to the Ladies / To the Ladies / An Irishman's Love / The Frolicksome Dame / Sweet Biddy Daly / Buttermilk Mary / The Mountain Road / The Mountainy Boy / The Night of the Wedding / Over the Callows / The Móinín Jig / The Queenstown Jig / Pat Beirne's Favourite / O'Mahony's (also in G)
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
19305#1[IDM 1] various. Irish Dance Music. View album details
19749#2[CC] Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon. Clare Concertinas. Bernard O'Sullivan (concertina), Tommy McMahon (concertina) except where solos noted.View album details
19758#2[BB 1] The Bothy Band. 1975. The First Album. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Donal Lunny (bouzouki, vocals), Tríona Ni Dhomhnaill (harpsichord, bodhrán, vocals), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (guitar, vocals).View album details
~199519#1[MMR 1] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Dangerous Reel. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle).View album details
~199710#1[KHe] Kevin Henry. One's Own Place - A Family Tradition. Kevin Henry (flute, whistle, pipes, vocals).View album details
~20086#2[TDeM] Tony DeMarco. The Sligo Indians. Tony DeMarco (fiddle).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 #38 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 43 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. [available]
On page 30 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. [available]
As tune #85 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 101 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
As jig #19 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [available]
On page 172 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #96 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #88 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [available]

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): 1930
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