Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2749 (Swallow)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel16ABG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Swallow
 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 BBow 3 (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):
Swallow, The / Ballyket Courthouse / Micho Russell's Favourite / Micho Russell's Favorite / Paddy Finlay's / The Half Door / Rattigan's (2nd in The Tomín O'Dea Set on BBow 3; setting in book Raff might be a different but similar tune) (compare Follow Me Down to Carlow #4337)
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
19917#2[BBow 3] Buttons and Bows. Grace Notes - Nótaí Maise. Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina), Séamus McGuire (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Garry O'Briain (guitar, mandocello, piano).View album details
~20006#2[MMcG 2] Michael McGoldrick. Fused. Michael McGoldrick (flute except where noted).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 reel #718 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As reel #140 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. [available]
As tune #110 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): 1991
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