Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 3246 (Dan Mac's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Polka32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Dan Mac's
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of the transcription in the book M2 (details in the Bibliography 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):
Dan Mac's / Dan Mac's Polka / Dan Mack's / Mack's Rambles (2nd in set The Newmarket Polkas on PS 3; 2nd in set Selection 1 on GCB 2) (also in G)
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
~19905#2[PS 3] Patrick Street. Irish Times. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Andy Irvine (vocals, harmonica, mandolin, bouzouki), Gerry O'Beirne (vocals, guitar), James Kelly (fiddle), Declan Masterson (pipes, whistle, keyboards), Jackie Daly (accordion), Arty McGlynn (guitar), Bill Whelan (keyboards).View album details
~20074#2[GCB 2] The Glenside. Take the Floor with The Glenside. Tom Flood (accordion), Johnny Duffy (banjo), Moyra Fraser (keyboard, vocals), Aidan Flood (drums).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 #16 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
As tune #7 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
On page 227 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As polka #42 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1990
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