Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1768 (Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór)

Rhythm ?Mode ?
AirD Major
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór / Sí Beag, Sí Mór / Si Bheag, Si Mhor / Sidh Beag agus Sidh Mor / Sheebeg, Sheemore / Sheebeg and Sheemore / Little Hill, Big Hill / The Bonny Cuckoo (also as song or waltz) (composed by pre-Carolan Scotland or Ireland (melody), Turlough O'Carolan (text))

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
~19739#1[Plx 1] Planxty. Planxty. Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandola, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán), Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bodhrán).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 #26 in volume 1 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
On page 32 of [RW] Robin Williamson. The Penny Whistle Book. [available]
On page 253 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
On page 98 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As ocar #14 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #89 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 147 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle 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): 1973
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