Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1522 (Paddy O'Rafferty)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig48AABBCCD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Paddy O'Rafferty
 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 WC 2 (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 O'Rafferty / Paddy O'Rafferty's / Paudeen O'Rafferty / Páideen O'Rafferty's / Páidin O'Rafferty / Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh / Paidin O Raifeartaigh / Páidín Ó Raifearta / Little Pat Rafferty / Drink of this Cup (also with a 4th part quite similar to the 2nd part) (compare 1st part with 2nd part of Willie Clancy's Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh #4568; compare 3rd part with 5th part of the 5-part Paddy O'Rafferty #4565)
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
19527#2[KF] Padraig O'Keefe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford. Kerry Fiddles. Padraig O'Keefe (fiddle), Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle).View album details
197316#1[WC 2] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 1. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle).View album details
~197713#1[SE 4] Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping. Seamus Ennis (pipes except where whistle or vocals noted).View album details
~197717#4[SE 4] Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping. Seamus Ennis (pipes except where whistle or vocals noted).View album details
~19802#2[JKn 1] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion).View album details
~198514#1[TP 8] Tommy Peoples. Waiting for a Call. Tommy Peoples (fiddle).View album details
~19884#3[SWW] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. The South West Wind. Traditional Music from County Clare. Ronan Browne (pipes), Peter O'Loughlin (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 #11(i) in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #6 in volume 2 of [AW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle.
As tune #60 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
As jig #31 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 102 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
As tune #81 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 173 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #98 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): 1952
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