Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1639 (Rakes of Mallow)
| Rhythm ? | Mode ? |
|---|---|
| Polka | G Major |
about these two bars
These two bars are the start of the transcription in the book A (details in the Bibliography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Rakes of Mallow, The / Rakes of Mallow / The Rakes of Marlow (for The Walls of Limerick in book MM) (also in D)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1994 | 7#3 | [NMCMM] various. The Northern Meeting. Celtic Music in Milwaukee. |
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 #1814 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #119#3 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." |
| On page 30 of [RW] Robin Williamson. The Penny Whistle Book. |
| On page 4 of [Ba] Betty M. Barlow. Fiddle Tunes for the Violinist. |
| As misc #33 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| On page 17 of [MR] Barbara Wygol (tunes), Jenny Loui (text). The Piper's Chair. A Collection of Tunes and Folklore from Micho Russell. |
| In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic]. |
| On page 237 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As tune #100 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. |
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