Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1791 (Love Will You Marry Me)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Fling16ABD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Love Will You Marry Me
 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 WW 2 (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):
Love Will You Marry Me / Love, Will You Marry Me? / Love Will You Marry Me? / Love, Won't You Marry Me? / Love Won't You Marry Me? / Love Won't You Marry Me / Love Wont You Marry Me / Johnny Will You Marry Me / Jenny Will You Marry Me? / Some Say the Devil Is Dead / Some Say the Devil's Dead / The Braes of Maas / The Braes of Marr / Braes of Mar / The Standard on the Braes o' Mar / Lasses of Donnybrook (2nd in set The Lasses of Donnibrook on WW 2) (also in G or A) (compare as song #2618)
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
192818#2[WW 2] various. The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 2. View album details
192921#2[WW 1] various. The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 1. View album details
~197423#1[JD 5] John Doherty. The Floating Bow. John Doherty (fiddle).View album details
~19827#3[KB Pt] Kevin Burke and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill. Portland. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, harmonium).View album details
~199319#2[JCnly] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (accordion).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 #286 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
On page 151 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #97 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. [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
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