Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 387 (Cook in the Kitchen)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig48AABBCCG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Cook in the Kitchen
 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 TCB 3 (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):
Cook in the Kitchen, The / Cook in the Kitchen (mislabeled as Paidin O'Rafferty on MvC 2) (also in D) (compare Strop the Razor #1846)
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
192311#2[IDM 1] various. Irish Dance Music. View album details
~194817#1[LR 1] Leo Rowsome. Classics of Irish Piping. Leo Rowsome (pipes).View album details
~199512#1[Whr] Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan. The Whirlwind. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Robbie Hannan (pipes).View album details
19964#2[TCB 3] The Tulla Ceili Band. A Celebration of 50 Years. P. J. Hayes (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Francis Donnellan (fiddle), Mark Donnellan (fiddle), J. J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), Jim Corry (piano), Michael Flanigan (drums).View album details
~199810#3[MvC 2] Moving Cloud. Foxglove. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán), Carl Hession (piano).View album details
200111#2[PHCB] Public House Ceili Band. Go Figure. Dan Cobb (banjo), Dave Delgado (whistle), Alan Ng (fiddle), Bob Newton (octave mandolin).View album details
20056#2[BLch 2] Brendan P. Lynch. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music from the Heart of Fingal. Brendan P. Lynch (fiddle).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 #1042 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #252 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #105 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
As tune #5 in volume 2 of [AW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle.
On page 59 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 9 of [MR] Barbara Wygol (tunes), Jenny Loui (text). The Piper's Chair. A Collection of Tunes and Folklore from Micho Russell.
As tune #53 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As jig #25 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #189 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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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