Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 155 (Bímid ag Ól)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Bímid ag Ól
 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 DC1 (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):
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 / Bimid ag Ol is a' Pogadh na mBan / Bimid / Beidh maoid ag ol / Bímís ag Ól / 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, 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)
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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
197118#1[DC1] various. The Drones and the Chanters. Irish Pipering. Séamus Ennis (pipes), Peadar Broe (pipes), Leo Rowsome (pipes), Paddy Moloney (pipes), Dan Dowd (pipes), Tommy Reck (pipes), Willie Clancy (pipes).View album details
19739#1[WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle).View album details
19758#1[JnKlly] John Kelly. Irish Traditional Concertina and Fiddle Music. John Kelly (concertina, fiddle).View album details
~19775#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).View album details
~20002#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).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 #479 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #17 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
As tune #7 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
As jig #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): 1903
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