Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1688 (Roche's Favorite)

RhythmBarsMode
Fling32G Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Roche's Favorite
 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 JCC (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):
Roche's Favorite / John Roche's Favourite / Frank Roche's Favourite / Here Awa' / Here Anna (2nd in set Two Woodford Flings on JCC)
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
19769#2[JCC] Jack and Charlie Coen. The Branch Line. Jack Coen (flute), Charlie Coen (concertina).View album details
~1987[Ch JG] The Chieftains / James Galway. In Ireland. View album details
~198712#1[MM 3] Matt Molloy. Stony Steps. Matt Molloy (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 recordings listed above.

As tune #285 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
On page 135 of [CITM] Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. [available]
On page 320 of [CITM] Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. [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): 1927