Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#196 (Both Meat and Dhrink)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording GFA (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | G Major |
Both Meat and Dhrink / Both Meat and Drink / Both Meat and Drink Jig (1st in set Reavy's Jigs / Poirt Uí Riabhaigh on DODnl; 1st in set Reavey's on SWlsh 3) (composed by Ed Reavy)
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.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1977 | 18#1 | [DODnl] Danny O'Donnell. Ón tSean-Am Anall. Danny O'Donnell (fiddle). |
| ~1978 | 9#1 | [LCTM] Liz Carroll & Tommy Maguire. Kiss Me Kate. Liz Carroll (fiddle), Tommy Maguire (accordion). |
| 1988 | 5#3 (4:59) | [GFA] The Green Fields of America. Live in Concert. Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, guitar, tres, vocals), Robbie O'Connell (guitar, vocals), Jimmy Keane (piano accordion, synthesizers, vocals), Eileen Ivers (fiddle), Seamus Egan (pipes, flute, whistle, bodhrán, tres). |
| ~1996 | 1#1 | [SWlsh 3] Seamus Walshe. Clare Accordion. Seamus Walshe (accordion). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune 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 #79 in [ER] Joseph M. Reavy (compiler). The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy. |
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): 1977