Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1752 (Seanbhean bhocht)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Hornpipe32AABBA Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Seanbhean bhocht
 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 MvC 1 (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):
Seanbhean bhocht / Sean Bean Bhocht / An Sean Bean Bhocht / The Shan Van Vocht / The Poor Old Woman / Jerry Daly's Hornpipe (also in Mixolydian) (compare as extension of song-air included here and compare Tomgraney Castle #3247)
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
19946#1[MvC 1] Moving Cloud. Moving Cloud. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute and percussion), Carl Hession (piano).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 #1590 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #1591 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #324 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #325 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #836 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #228 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #229 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #90 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 171 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As hp #47 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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