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Tune ID#2805 (Clancy's Jig)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Clancy's Jig about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JCrv (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBE Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Clancy's Jig / Clancy's / Port Mhic Lannchaidh / Pat Mahon's Jig / Pat Mahons Jig / Grogan's / The Mad Jig / Spot the Wallop / Katy's Rambles (with 2nd part as intro on PJConlon; 1st in set Vaughans Barn in Kilfenora on LitN; 3rd in set Up & About on FullSt 2) (1st bar has a G Major variant as on TJC, SRn 1, and LmKlly) (compare especially 1st parts with Conlon's #7806; compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Kitty's Rambles #1059; the G Major variant of the 1st bar brings the 1st part, too, into a remote similarity with #1059)
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Discography cd

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.

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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
19282.15#2
[PJConlon] Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929. Peter J. Conlon (melodeon). For this tune: with Walter Lally (banjo).
19865#1
[TJC] Frankie Gavin and Paul Brock. Ómós do Joe Cooley. A Tribute to Joe Cooley. Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Paul Brock (accordion).
~198911#1
[SRn 1] Seán Ryan. Siúil Uait / Take the Air. Seán Ryan (whistle). For this tune: (Eb whistle).
~19942#2
[SndCmC] The Sound of Coleman Country. Colm O'Donnell (flute), Tommie Finn (banjo).
20016#2
[JCrv] John Creaven. The Story So Far. John Creaven (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute).
~20022#1
[LitN] Christy Barry, Conor McCarthy, Cyril O'Donoghue. Late . . . in the Night. Christy Barry (flute, whistle, spoons), Conor McCarthy (accordion), Cyril O'Donoghue (bouzouki, guitar).
20075#1
[WTPO] Norah Rendell and Brian Miller. Wait There Pretty One. Norah Rendell (vocals, flute, whistle), Brian Miller (guitar).
20097#1
[RoClare] Riches of Clare. Shane Mulvey, Siobhán Peoples, Murty Ryan, Martin Dermody.
~200910#2
[LCJD 2] Liz Carroll and John Doyle. Double Play. Liz Carroll (fiddle), John Doyle (guitar, bouzouki, mandola, vocals).
~200911#2
[LmKlly] Liam Kelly. Sweetwood. Liam Kelly (flute, whistle).
~20136#3
[FullSt 2] FullSet. Notes after Dark. Janine Redmond (accordion), Martino Vacca (pipes, whistle), Michael Harrison (fiddle, snare drum), Teresa Horgan (vocals, flute), Eamonn Moloney (bodhrán, glockenspiel, percussion), Andrew Meaney (guitar, bass guitar).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Trip to Sligo
PJConlon
Wallop the Spot
SndCmC
Broken Lantern
JCrv
Orphan
LmKlly
Hare's Lament
LCJD 2
Up and About in the Morning
FullSt 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Scotsman over the Border
TJC
Kerry Jig
SRn 1
Humors of Castlelyons
LitN
Green Fields of Woodford
WTPO
I Was Born for Sport
RoClare
Pull the Knife and Stick It Again
LmKlly

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #77 in [SIMB] Tony Sullivan. Sully's Irish Music Book. [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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1928