Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 152 (Mickey Chewing Bubblegum)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Polka32AABBA Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Mickey Chewing Bubblegum
 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 JDSC (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):
Mickey Chewing Bubblegum / Bill Sullivan's Polka / Liam Ó Súilleabháin / Bill Sullivan's / Bill Sullivan's #1 / Denis Murphy's (for 1st figure of Sliabh Luachra Set on MISD 7) (composed by Cuz Teahan (see IRTRAD archives))
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
~19776#1[JDSC] Jackie Daly, Séamus Creagh. Jackie Daly. Séamus Creagh. Jackie Daly (accordion), Séamus Creagh (fiddle).View album details
~19786#3[KB Cap] Kevin Burke. If the Cap Fits. Kevin Burke (fiddle).View album details
~19865#3[TC] various. Turas Cheoil. A Musical Odyssey: A compilation of music from the traditional musicians of Toronto. View album details
~19938#1[Shskn] Shaskeen. My Love Is in America. Tom Cussen (banjo), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán), Sean Conway (flute, whistle, guitar, vocals), Charlie Harris (accordion), Kevin Rohan (fiddle, vocals).View album details
~1996A.1#1[MISD 7] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 7. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar).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 #248 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As polka #13 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As tune #5 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
On page 233 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As polka #5 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1977
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