Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 249 (Burke's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Burke's
 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 FR (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):
Burke's / Burke's Jig / Charlie Mulvihill's / Charlie Mulvihill's Jig / Connie O'Connell's Jig / Connie O'Connell's / Lad O'Beirne's / Coughlan's / Port Uí Chochláin / Matt Molloy's Jig / Shannonaire's Jig / The Short Road / The Silver Vale
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
~19792#2[FR] Joe Burke, Andy McGann, and Felix Dolan. The Funny Reel. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), Andy McGann (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano).View album details
~19893#1[SRn 1] Seán Ryan. Siúil Uait / Take the Air. Seán Ryan (whistle).View album details
1993[2] various. Alan's other personal audiocassettes.

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 #42 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As jig #79 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #3 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As jig #4 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [available]
As tune #26 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 78 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 129 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #16 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #166 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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): 1974
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