Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 3664 (Jack's the Lad)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Hornpipe32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Jack's the Lad
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of the transcription in the book 1850 (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):
Jack's the Lad / Jacks the Lad / Jacky Tar / College Hornpipe / The Sailor's Hornpipe / Sailor's Hornpipe / Sailor's (compare beginning of 1st part with 1st part of My Dancing Bride #4731 and compare American setting Sailor's Hornpipe included here from book FF)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
19158(2:45)#3[JKm] John J. Kimmel. John J. Kimmel. Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Dance Music. John J. Kimmel (accordion).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 recording listed above.

As tune #1737 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #915 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 243 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [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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