Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#3664 (Jack's the Lad)
about these two barsThese two bars are quoted from the transcription in the book 1850 (details in the Bibliography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornpipe | 32 | AABB | D Major |
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)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 8#3 (2:45) | [JKm] John J. Kimmel. John J. Kimmel. Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Dance Music. John J. Kimmel (accordion). |
| ~1953 | 14#1 | [JDJO] Joe Derrane and Jerry O'Brien. Irish Accordion Masters. Joe Derrane (accordion), Jerry O'Brien (accordion). For this tune: The Irish All Stars. |
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.
| As tune #1737 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #915 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| On page 243 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
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