Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1528 (Paddy Taylor's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Paddy Taylor'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 SC (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 Taylor's / Paddy Taylor's Favourite / Taylor's / The Foynes Jig / Dawn's Jig (1st in set Paddy Taylor's Jigs on SC) (also as slide)
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
19965#1[SC] Gerry Harrington, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Paul de Grae. The Smoky Chimney. Gerry Harrington (fiddle), Eoghan O'Sullivan (accordion, flute), Paul de Grae (guitar).View album details
199714#1[SCAC] Séamus Creagh, Aidan Coffey. Séamus Creagh, Aidan Coffey. Séamus Creagh (fiddle), Aidan Coffey (accordion).View album details
20019#1[JCrv] John Creaven. The Story So Far. John Creaven (flute).View album details
200311#2[LLPQ 2] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Track Across the Deep. Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Dee Havlin (flute, whistle), Maureen Linane (accordion), Kathleen O'Sullivan (vocals).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 #1 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #56 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #51 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As jig #68 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As jig #15 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [available]
On page 173 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #99 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #182 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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): 1968
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