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Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Double jig	32	AABB	E Dorian

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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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
1923	10#1	[FidDel] The Fiddler's Delight. Rare 78rpm Irish Fiddle Recordings 1921-1945. Patrick J. Gaffny [sic for:] Gaffney (fiddle).
~1975	8#1	[PCt] Paddy Carty. Traditional Irish Music. Paddy Carty (flute).
~1981	29#2	[JPwr] Jimmy Power. Go Home and Have Your Dinner. Jimmy Power (fiddle).
1985	9#1	[PCtCT] Paddy Carty and Conor Tully. Traditional Music of Ireland. Paddy Carty (flute), Conor Tully (fiddle).
~2003	10#2	[CarbQ 1] Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn. Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn. Angelina Carberry (banjo), Martin Quinn (accordion, melodeon).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Statia Donnelly's	JPwr
Rooms of Dooagh	CarbQ 1

Played before	On Albums
Father O'Flynn	FidDel
Queen of the Fair	PCt
Meelick Team	PCtCT
My Mind Will Never Be "Aisy"	CarbQ 1

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 musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #859 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #119 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 34 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #22 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As jig #10 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903

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Discography

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Bibliography