about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | D Major |
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).
DiscographyHere 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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 13#1 | [JKm] John J. Kimmel. John J. Kimmel. Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Dance Music. John J. Kimmel (accordion). |
| 1931 | 18#3 | [IDM 1] various. Irish Dance Music. |
| 1946 | 6#1 | [IDM 2] various. Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. |
| 1948 | 12#1 | [SE 6] Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal. Séamus Ennis (pipes, vocals). |
| ~1953 | 23#1 | [TDMI] various. Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. |
| 1971 | 16#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). |
| 1974 | 1#1 | [JD 3] John Doherty. The Celebrated Recordings. John Doherty (fiddle, vocals). |
| 1975 | 14#1 | [BB 1] The Bothy Band. 1975. The First Album. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Donal Lunny (bouzouki, vocals), Tríona Ni Dhomhnaill (harpsichord, bodhrán, vocals), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (guitar, vocals). |
| ~1976 | 9#1 | [TP 2] Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady. The High Part of the Road. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar). |
| ~1977 | 10#1 | [SE 4] Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping. Seamus Ennis (pipes except where whistle or vocals noted). |
| ~1978 | 10#2 | [Dbl] Paddy Glackin and Paddy Keenan. Doublin'. Paddy Glackin (fiddle, viola), Paddy Keenan (pipes). |
| ~1988 | 10#1 | [NH 1] Noel Hill. The Irish Concertina. Noel Hill (concertina). |
| 1990 | 9#1 | [MLIIA] various. The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival - My Love Is in America. |
| ~1998 | 13#2 | [KH] Kieran Hanrahan. Kieran Hanrahan Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo. Kieran Hanrahan (banjo). |
| ~1998 | 2.5#1 | [ESL 1] various. An Evening in Sliabh Luachra. Volume One. A Collection of Traditional Music and Song from the Sliabh Luachra Area. |
BibliographyHere 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 #1348 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #603 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #134 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| As tune #209 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #39 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." |
| As tune #146 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| On page 123 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| On page 28 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. |
| As tune #8 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 55 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 93 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #301 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #94 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
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?