Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1876 (Tap Room)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | E Dorian |
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 AIC1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Tap Room, The / In the Tap Room / The Taproom / An Seomra Leanna / The Tap House / The Youngest Daughter / The Hard Road to Travel / The Ranting Widow / Baintreach na Radaireacht / Captain Murray's Reel / Captain Murray's / Sweet Molly / Polly's Reel / Polly's / The Blossom of the New Tree / The Lady's Top Dress / The Ladies Top Dress / Hopetoun House / Lord Edward / Fitzgerald's / Fitzgerald's Reel / Granshaw Glens / Roll Out the Barrel / The Rakes of Abbey / Miss Fargherson's New Reel / Miss Fargerson's New Reel / The Scotch Bonnet / Scotch Maggie / A Short Way to Heaven / Cock Your Pistol, Charlie / The Mountain Lark (1st in The Taproom Set on CLnn 2) (also in a somewhat different setting included here which is always singled) (compare single jig Cock Your Pistol, Charlie #3024; compare 1st part with 1st part of Mountain Lark #2529)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 5#1 | [WW 1] various. The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 1. |
| 1929 | 19#1 | [BtB] Paddy Killoran, James Morrison. From Ballymote to Brooklyn. Paddy Killoran (fiddle), James Morrison (fiddle). |
| ~1959 | 1#2 | [AIC1] Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peadar O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty. An Historic Recording of Irish Traditional Music from County Clare and East Galway. Paddy Canny (fiddle), P.J. Hayes (fiddle). |
| ~1959 | 10#2 | [AIC2] Paddy Canny. Meet Paddy Canny. All-Ireland Champion - Violin. Paddy Canny (fiddle). |
| ~1979 | 12#3 | [MB 1] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin. Traditional Irish Music on the Tin Whistle. Mary Bergin (whistle). |
| ~1980 | 11#2 | [DD 3] Dé Danann. Mist Covered Mountain. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, viola, whistle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Charlie Piggott (banjo, mandolin, steel guitar), Alec Finn (bouzouki, mandocello, steel guitar), Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh (bodhrán, bones). |
| ~1993 | 7#2 | [Shskn 6] Shaskeen. My Love Is in America. Tom Cussen (banjo), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán), Sean Conway (flute, whistle, guitar, vocals), Charlie Harris (accordion), Kevin Rohan (fiddle, vocals). |
| 1998 | 10#2 | [KB IC] Kevin Burke. In Concert. Kevin Burke (fiddle). |
| ~1998 | 5#2 | [MvC 2] Moving Cloud. Foxglove. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán), Carl Hession (piano). |
| ~1998 | 4#1 | [MMR 2] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Old Fireside Music. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle). |
| ~1998 | 1.13#1 | [WFO 1] various. Wooden Flute Obsession. |
| 1999 | 4#3 | [RBys] Randal Bays. The Salmon's Leap. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar). |
| 2000 | 13#2 | [KC 2] Kevin Crawford. In Good Company. Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle). |
| ~2004 | 1#1 | [OMcD] Oisín Mac Diarmada. Ar an bhFidil. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, whistle). |
| ~2007 | 1.15#1 | [CLnn 2] Charlie Lennon. Turning the Tune. Charlie Lennon (fiddle, viola, piano, harpsichord, bass, keyboards). |
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 #1217 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #494 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #177 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| As tune #292 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| On page 99 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As reel #129 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #32 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 53 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #357 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As reel #75 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. |
| As tune #70 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): 1903