about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | D Major |
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MC (details in the Discography below).
DiscographyHere 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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1919 | 33#1 | [PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes). |
| 1922 | 1.3#1 | [MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
| 1926 | 10#1 | [FBros] The Flanagan Brothers. The Tunes We Like to Play on Paddy's Day. Joe Flanagan (accordion), Louis Flanagan (guitar, banjo), Mike Flanagan (banjo, vocals, mandolin). |
| 1928 | 22#1 | [MG] various. Milestone at the Garden. Irish Fiddle Masters from the 78 RPM Era. |
| 1928 | 12#1 | [BFair] various. Ballinasloe Fair. Early Recordings of Irish Music in America. |
| ~1958 | 16#1 | [TDMI] various. Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. |
| ~1971 | 20#1 | [GP] various. The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. |
| 1973 | 1(6:37)#4 | [JC] Joe Cooley. Cooley. Joe Cooley (accordion). |
| ~1974 | 3#1 | [ItS] various. In the Smoke. |
| ~1976 | 1#1 | [MM 1] Matt Molloy accompanied by Dónal Lunny. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute). |
| ~1977 | 2#2 | [ECst] various. Traditional Irish Music in America. The East Coast. |
| 1994 | 7#3 | [MvC 1] Moving Cloud. Moving Cloud. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute and percussion), Carl Hession (piano). |
| 1994 | 1.10#3 | [GL20] various. Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. |
| ~1997 | 14#1 | [PCny] Paddy Canny. Traditional Music from the Legendary East Clare Fiddler. Paddy Canny (fiddle). |
| ~1999 | 4#1 | [MtRd] various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. |
| 2002 | 1#3 | [EGrs 1] Eliot Grasso. Standing Room Only. Eliot Grasso (pipes). |
| ~2006 | 2#1 | [JasCt] James Carty. Upon My Soul. James Carty (flute). |
| ~2007 | 5#1 | [KB ABR] Kevin Burke and Cal Scott. Across the Black River. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Cal Scott (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, mountain dulcimer). |
| ~2007 | 5#2 | [TAM] Joe Burke, Brian Conway and Felix Dolan. A Tribute to Andy McGann. Joe Burke (accordion), Brian Conway (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano). |
BibliographyHere 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.
| On page 53 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| As tune #139 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| As tune #37 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." |
| As tune #159 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| On page 54 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| On page 12 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. |
| As tune #20 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. |
| As reel #24 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| On page 17 of [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. |
| In [LM] L[arry]. E. McCullough. ? |
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?