Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1772 (Sixpenny Money)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | D Major |
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 SE 6 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Sixpenny Money / The Six-Penny Money / Airgead Réalach / The Madcap (4th in set The Chieftains' Knock on the Door on Ch 5)
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.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1949 | 20#3 | [IDM 2] various. Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. |
| 1959 | 19#3 | [SE 6] Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal. Séamus Ennis (pipes, vocals). |
| ~1973 | 10#2 | [JB 2] Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), with Charlie Lennon (piano). |
| ~1973 | 14#2 | [SE 2] Seamus Ennis. The Pure Drop. Seamus Ennis (pipes). |
| ~1975 | 5#4 | [Ch 5] The Chieftains. 5. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Derek Bell (harp, oboe, timpán), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). |
| ~1977 | 16#1 | [SE 4] Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping. Seamus Ennis (pipes except where whistle or vocals noted). |
| ~1977 | 17#3 | [SE 4] Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping. Seamus Ennis (pipes except where whistle or vocals noted). |
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 #27 in [D&M] Arthur Warren Darley and Patrick Joseph McCall. The Darley and McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #39 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| On page 22 of [LPUP] Eithne and Brian Vallely. Learn to Play the Uilleann Pipes. |
| As tune #18 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. |
| As tune #98 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 108 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 183 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As jig #117 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #205 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?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1914