Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 3497 (A Fig for a Kiss)

RhythmBarsMode
Slip jig16E Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of A Fig for a Kiss
 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 SE 6 (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):
A Fig for a Kiss / Féirín ar do Phóigín / Gliogar an Mheadair / Glugar an Mheadair / The Gurgling of the Churn / The Splashing of the Churn / Milk the Churn / The Old Dutch Churn / Gáire na mBan / The Humours of Bottle Hill / Two in a Gig (compare Dublin Streets / Rinnce is Ceól included here from several books)
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
19405#4[SE 6] Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal. Séamus Ennis (pipes, vocals).View album details
199816#2[Chlr] Chulrua. Barefoot on the Altar. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Tim Britton (pipes, flute, whistle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals).View album details
19995#2[MCnnly] Mick Conneely. Selkie. Mick Conneely (fiddle, bouzouki).View album details
20016#3[GrHs] Grey Larsen and Paddy League. The Green House. Grey Larsen (flute, whistle, concertina, harmonium, field organ, piano), Paddy League (bodhrán, guitar).View album details
20032#2[LLPQ 2] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Track Across the Deep. Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Dee Havlin (flute, whistle), Maureen Linane (accordion), Kathleen O'Sullivan (vocals).View album details
~20032.15#1[WFO 2] various. Wooden Flute Obsession 2. 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 #1164 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #1174 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #438 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #443 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #258 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #101 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
On page 86 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 88 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 219 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As slipjig #11 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): 1903
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