Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2775 (Frost Is All Over)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Frost Is All Over
 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 KCB 5 (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):
Frost Is All Over, The / Slán le Sioc / The Frost Is All Gone / The Loughrea Jig / Lisdoonvarna / Frieze Britches / The Praties Are Dug and the Frost Is All Over / The Praties are Dug / The American Dwarf / What Would I Do if the Kettle Boiled Over? / Mist of Clonmel / On a Monday Morning (only 1st part is recorded on JOL 1, following The Goat in the Green) (also with additional part inserted after 1st) (compare Frost Is All Over #682)
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
19211.11#2[MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle).View album details
19472#2[IDM 2] various. Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. View album details
~19569#3[Rnys] The Raineys. The Raineys. Paddy Rainey (fiddle), Stephen Rainey (fiddle), Bridie 'Biddy' Rainey (vocals).View album details
19773(1:52)#2[JOL 1] Johnny O'Leary. Music for the Set. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra. Johnny O'Leary (accordion).View album details
~19893#2[SRn 1] Seán Ryan. Siúil Uait / Take the Air. Seán Ryan (whistle).View album details
~199611#1[LN 1] Laurence Nugent. Traditional Irish Music on Flute and Tin-Whistle. Laurence Nugent (flute, whistle).View album details
~19968#1[DByrn] Dermot Byrne. Dermot Byrne. Dermot Byrne (accordion).View album details
~19972#2[KCB 5] The Kilfenora Céili Band. Set on Stone. Aidan McMahon (fiddle), Anne Marie McCormack (fiddle), Anne Rynne (fiddle), Garry Shannon (flute), Anthony Quigney (flute), Conor McCarthy (accordion), John Lynch (banjo), Tim Collins (concertina), Fintan McMahon (piano), Sean Griffin (drums), Paul O'Driscoll (double bass).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.

On page 24 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. [available]
As jig #13 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #4 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #180 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
On page 32 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. [available]
As tune #72 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
On page 135 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As tune #34 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital 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): 1921
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