Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2996 (England's Motorway)

Type
Song
Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
England's Motorway / Englands Motorway (composed by Ewan McColl) [This tune is not (yet?) part of the Irish tradition, but belongs rather to ? music.]
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~197811#1[IT 2] The Irish Tradition. The Corner House. Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Andy O'Brien (guitar, vocals).View album details
~200211#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).View album details

Bibliography

I have found zero transcriptions of this song anywhere on the indexed books. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. If you want to actually learn to sing this song, simply learn it from a fellow singer or from a recording listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1978
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