Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#3641 (Worn Torn Petticoat)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JOL 1 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide | 32 | AABB | A Dorian |
Worn Torn Petticoat, The / The Worn, Torn Petticoat / The Old Torn Petticoat that I Bought in Mullingar / Torn Petticoat / Johnny Leary's (3rd in set Slide Out on Sld 2) (compare as hornpipe #1470)
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.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 9#1 | [JOL 1] Johnny O'Leary. Music for the Set. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra. Johnny O'Leary (accordion). For this tune: with Maurice O'Keefe (fiddle). |
| 1977 | 17#1 | [RtHaMtD] Round the House and Mind the Dresser. Johnny O'Leary (accordion), Maurice O'Keefe (fiddle). |
| 1977 | 19#1 | [RshMtn] The Rushy Mountain. Johnny O'Leary (accordion), Maurice O'Keefe (fiddle). |
| 2002 | 13#3 | [Sld 2] Slide. Harmonic Motion. Aogán Lynch (concertina, whistle, vocals), Daire Bracken (fiddle, strings, guitar, vocals), Mick Broderick (bouzouki, mandolin, vocals), Éamonn de Barra (flute, whistle, bodhrán, piano, harmonium, vocals). For this tune: 1st 2 times Aogán (concertina). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune 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.
| On page 39 of [IFMCK] Drew Beisswenger. Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry. |
| As tune #82 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As slide #1 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #288 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
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): 1949