Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 288 (Gossan that Beat his Father)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel16ABA Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Gossan that Beat his Father
 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 GD (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):
Gossan that Beat his Father, The / The Gosson that Bate his Father / The Gossoon that Bate His Father / The Garsún Who Beat His Father / The Gasun that beat his father / An Gasúr a thug Leadradh dá Athair / The Castlebar Traveler / The Castlebar Traveller / Lochiel's Rant / Lough Aisles Return / Tuehey's Reel / The Humours of Loughrea / The Laurel Bush / The Yeoman's Reel / The West Gale / The Reel of Bogie / The Showman's Reel / Spence's Reel (also doubled but with 12-bar 2nd part on TDMI) (compare 1st part with 1st parts of On the Sly, Lochiel's awa to France but He'll Come Again, and Mountain Rose)
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
19278#3[GD] various. From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. View album details
~19529#1[TDMI] various. Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. View album details
199817#1[Chlr] Chulrua. Barefoot on the Altar. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Tim Britton (pipes, flute, whistle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals).View album details
20011#1[Dnu 3] Danú. All Things Considered. Tom Doorley (flute, whistle), Eamon Doorley (bouzouki, mandola), Brendan McCarthy (accordion, harmonica), Oisin MacAuley (fiddle, vocals, guitar), Jesse Smith (fiddle, viola), Noel Ryan (guitar), Donnchadh Gough (bodhrán, pipes), Ciarán Ó Gealbháin (vocals, piano accordion).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 #247 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As reel #203 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. [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): 1927
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