Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1953 (Top of Cork Road)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Top of Cork Road
 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 GP (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):
Top of Cork Road, The / Top of the Cork Road / Father O'Flynn / Father O'Flynn's / An T'Athair Ó Floinn / The Rollicking Irishman / To Drink with the Devil / Trample Our Enemies / Yorkshire Lasses
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
~19695#1[GP] various. The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. View album details
~197420#2[ItS] various. In the Smoke. View album details
~19867#1[HMSP] Joe Burke, Michael Cooney, Terry Corcoran. Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part. Joe Burke (accordion), Michael Cooney (pipes, whistle), Terry Corcoran (guitar, vocals).View album details
~19956#1[Whr] Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan. The Whirlwind. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Robbie Hannan (pipes).View album details
199817#1[JWh] John Whelan. Come to Dance. John Whelan (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 #1031 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #244 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #97 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #13 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 57 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #2 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
On page 82 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 134 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #33 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #40 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): 1903
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