Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#209 (Boys of Tandragee)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Arc 1 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | E Dorian |
Boys of Tandragee, The / Boys of Tandragee / The Boys of Tandernagee / The Rollicking Boys Around Tandragee / The Rollicking Boys around Tandaragee / The Rollicking Boys of Tandragee / Pat Burke's / Burke's Jig / Paddy McFadden / Over the Hills / Old Trad Jig (1st in set Hennessey's on Arc 1; as E Minor Jig on Dnu 1; for 1st figure of Taille Mhara Jig Set on MISD 7, although incomplete) (also in D, also as song) (compare setting in D Mixolydian #3289; compare 1st part with 1st part of Over the Hills #1490 and with 1st part of Tandragee #6295)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1973 | 13#1 | [JB 2] Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), with Charlie Lennon (piano). |
| ~1991 | 1#1 | [Arc 1] Arcady. After the Ball . . .. Jackie Daly (accordion), Frances Black (vocals), Patsy Broderick (piano/keyboards), Johnny McDonagh (percussion), Brendan Larrisey (fiddle, viola), Nicolas Quemenar (guitar, flute, whistle, vocals). |
| 1992 | 3#3 | [ScE] Gerry Harrington and Eoghan O'Sullivan. Scéal Eile. Gerry Harrington (fiddle), Eoghan O'Sullivan (accordion). For this tune: Eoghan (accordion), Gerry (fiddle). |
| ~1995 | 12#1 | [WatReeds] Tommy Keane, Jacqueline McCarthy, with Alec Finn. The Wind among the Reeds. Tommy Keane (pipes, whistle), Jacqueline McCarthy (concertina). For this tune: Jacqueline McCarthy (concertina), Tommy McCarthy (concertina). |
| 1996 | 9#1 | [Dnu 1] Danú. Danú. Daire Bracken (fiddle), Brendan McCarthy (accordion), Donnchadh Gough (pipes, bodhrán), Tom Doorley (flute), Eamonn Doorley (bouzouki, fiddle), Timmy Murray (guitar), Cárthach Mac Craith (vocals). |
| ~1996 | B.1#3 | [MISD 7] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 7. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar). |
| ~1996 | 6#1 | [Nms 2] Nomos. Set You Free. Niall Vallely (concertina, keyboards), Vince Milne (fiddle), Gerry McKee (bouzouki), Frank Torpey (bodhrán), John Spillane (vocals, guitar, bass guitar). |
| 1998 | 6#2 | [KB IC] Kevin Burke. In Concert. Kevin Burke (fiddle). |
| ~1998 | 2.2#1 | [ESL 1] An Evening in Sliabh Luachra. Volume One. A Collection of Traditional Music and Song from the Sliabh Luachra Area. Betty Boyle (accordion), Norma Boyle (bodhrán). |
| ~2002 | 2.7#2 | [WFO 1] Wooden Flute Obsession. Mark Roberts (flute). |
| ~2004 | 1#1 | [Ovld] Randal Bays and Dáithí Sproule. Overland. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar), Dáithí Sproule (guitar, vocals). |
| 2007 | 7#1 | [Aths 1] Áthas. Áthas. Heather Lewin-Tiarks (fiddle, viola, cello), Amy Richter (bodhrán, djembe, whistle), Jeff Ksiazek (guitar, whistle, flute). For this tune: Heather (fiddle), Jeff (whistle). |
| 2009 | 8#1 | [DPss 2] Dan Possumato. Pulling Out the Stops. Traditional Music and Song of Ireland. Dan Possumato (accordion). |
| ~2009 | 8#2 | [SMcK] Skip McKinley. Fairy Tales. Skip McKinley (flute). For this tune: with Dave Paton (concertina). |
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 #99 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| As tune #235 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As jig #38 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As jig #17 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. |
| As jig #12 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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