Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 250 (Burnt Old Man)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Burnt Old Man
 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 MMu (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):
Burnt Old Man, The / An Seanduine Dóite / Sean Duine Doite / An Shean Dúinne / The Campbells Are Coming / The Campbell's Are Coming / Georgie, the Dotard (also as slide included here, as song / air #1754 and compare 1st part with 1st part of jig #70)
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
~1978B.3#2[MMu] Martin Mulvihill with Mick Moloney. Traditional Irish Fiddling from County Limerick. Martin Mulvihill (fiddle).View album details
~19799#2[Ev] Kevin Burke and Jackie Daly. Eavesdropper. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina).View album details
~199321#2[JCnly] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (accordion).View album details
19979#3[SCAC] Séamus Creagh, Aidan Coffey. Séamus Creagh, Aidan Coffey. Séamus Creagh (fiddle), Aidan Coffey (accordion).View album details
~19985#1[BG 5] Bobby Gardiner. The Clare Shout. Bobby Gardiner (accordion, lilting).View album details
20015#1[JCrv] John Creaven. The Story So Far. John Creaven (flute).View album details

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 #91 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As jig #65 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #83 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [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): 1903
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