Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#2129 (Boys of the Town)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | G Major |
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 BMu 2 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Boys of the Town, The (compare 2nd part with 2nd part of #211)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1981 | 2.9#2 | [GL20] various. Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. |
| 1992 | 4#2 | [BMu 2] Brendan Mulvihill, Donna Long. The Morning Dew. Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Donna Long (piano). |
| ~1996 | 14#2 | [DH 1] Dan Herlihy and Friends. The Night of the Fair. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra. Dan Herlihy (accordion). |
| ~2002 | 2#2 | [Fns] Feenish. Rabharta. P.J. Hernon (accordion), Marcus Hernon (flute, whistle), Don Stiffe (vocals, guitar, whistle). |
| ~2003 | 1.8#1 | [WFO 2] various. Wooden Flute Obsession 2. |
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 #118 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| On page 13 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. |
| As jig #23 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #49 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. |
| As jig #161 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| On page 15 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
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