Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1570 (Pet in the Kitchen)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBA Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Pet in the Kitchen
 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 CA (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):
Pet in the Kitchen, The / An Peata sa Chistineach (compare 1st part with 1st part of the G Major jig The Humours of Donnybrook / The One Horned Sheep in all of the book sources included here; compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Sweet Biddy Daly #815)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19838#1[CA] Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy. Ceol Aduaidh. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute).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 recording listed above.

As tune #1026 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #238 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 55 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #38 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. [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