Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1867 (Sweets of May)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Single jig48AABBCCG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Sweets of May
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of the transcription in the book Cobb (details in the Bibliography 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):
Sweets of May, The / Follow Me Down to Carlow (compare Follow Me up to Carlow #657)

cd Discography

I have determined by careful listening that there are zero recordings of this tune anywhere on the indexed recordings, regardless of tune title.

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order.

As misc #2 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
As misc #7 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #37 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): 1986
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