Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 290 (Miss Lyall's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Strathspey32AABBA Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Miss Lyall's
 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 PS 2 (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):
Miss Lyall's / Miss Lyall / Lady Lyle / Faill na mBan / Faill na m Ban / File Na Mon / The Cat that Kittled in James' Wig / Hard by Seifin (also as schottische or highland with 2nd part singled; also described as a hornpipe)
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
19742#1[JD 3] John Doherty. The Celebrated Recordings. John Doherty (fiddle, vocals).View album details
197715#1[JD 4] John Doherty. Bundle and Go. John Doherty (fiddle).View album details
~19813#2[ApW] Brian Conway and Tony DeMarco. The Apple in Winter. Irish Music in New York. Brian Conway (fiddle), Tony DeMarco (fiddle).View album details
~19884#1[PO] Paddy O'Brien with Daíthi Sproule. Stranger at the Gate. Paddy O'Brien (accordion).View album details
~19883#1[PS 2] Kevin Burke, Jackie Daly, Andy Irvine, Arty McGlynn. 2, Patrick Street. Kevin Burke (fiddle, backing vocals), Jackie Daly (accordion, backing vocals), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, bouzouki, mandola, harmonica), Arty McGlynn (guitar).View album details
~200710#1[ATrgs 1] Athena Tergis. A Letter Home. Athena Tergis (fiddle).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 #234 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [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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