Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#155 (Bímís ag Ól)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording DC1 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | G Major |
Bímís ag Ól / Bímid ag Ól / Bímid ag Ól is ag Pógadh na mBan / Bimid ag Ol is ag Pogadh na mBan / Bímís ag Ól 's ag Pógadh na mBan / Bímís ag Ól is ag Pógadh na mBan / Bimid ag Ol is a' Pogadh na mBan / Bimid / Beidh maoid ag ol / Let Us Drink! / Let Us Be Drinking / Let Us Be Drinking and Kissing the Women / We were Drinking and Kissing the Ladies / I Can Court the Fair Ladies / I Court the Fair Maidens / My Name Is O'Sullivan (also in E or D, also with sung 3rd part) (1st in set Friel's Kitchen on Ch 7) (compare as reel Gilbert Clancy; compare 1st part with 1st part of Huish the Cat #3658)
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.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 18#1 | [DC1] The Drones and the Chanters. Irish Pipering. Willie Clancy. |
| 1973 | 9#1 | [WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes). |
| 1975 | 8#1 | [JnKlly] John Kelly. Irish Traditional Concertina and Fiddle Music. John Kelly (concertina, fiddle). |
| ~1977 | 5#1 | [Ch 7] The Chieftains. 7. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle, bones), Seán Keane (fiddle, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, oboe), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán). |
| ~1996 | 12#1 | [ECotter] Eamonn Cotter. Traditional Irish Music from County Clare. Eamonn Cotter (flute). |
| ~2000 | 2#1 | [OMBFMO] Oisín Mac Diarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, Micheál Ó Ruanaigh. Traditional Music on Fiddle, Banjo and Harp. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle), Brian Fitzgerald (banjo), Micheál Ó Ruanaigh (harp). |
| ~2002 | 10#3 | [TMIYD] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. Touch Me If You Dare. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle, flute). For this tune: (pipes), (fiddle). |
| 2009 | 5#2 | [Hmmrs] The Hammers. From Distant Shores. Paul Hammer (mandolin, banjo), Susan Hammer (whistle, concertina). For this tune: (banjo). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune 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 #479 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #17 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| On page 25 of [LPUP] Eithne and Brian Vallely. Learn to Play the Uilleann Pipes. |
| As tune #7 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. |
| As jig #5 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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): 1903