Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#399 (Tommy Coen's)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | E Dorian |
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 DD 3 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Tommy Coen's / Tommy Coen's Memories / Coen's Memories / Tommy Coen's Reel / The Cottage in the Grove / Paddy Canny's / Speed the Plow / The Youngest Daughter (also in D or G) (composed by Tommy Coen)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1980 | 9#1 | [DD 3] Dé Danann. Mist Covered Mountain. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, viola, whistle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Charlie Piggott (banjo, mandolin, steel guitar), Alec Finn (bouzouki, mandocello, steel guitar), Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh (bodhrán, bones). |
| 1992 | 12#1 | [MH 1] Martin Hayes. Martin Hayes. Martin Hayes (fiddle). |
| ~1992 | 11#1 | [MMM] various. Music at Matt Molloy's. |
| ~1994 | 13#1 | [JCt 1] John Carty and Brian McGrath. The Cat that Ate the Candle. John Carty (banjo, fiddle), Brian McGrath (piano, banjo). |
| ~1997 | 17#1 | [KHe] Kevin Henry. One's Own Place - A Family Tradition. Kevin Henry (flute, whistle, pipes, vocals). |
| ~1998 | 2#2 | [KH] Kieran Hanrahan. Kieran Hanrahan Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo. Kieran Hanrahan (banjo). |
| 2000 | 10#3 | [MOR] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). |
| ~2004 | 3#2 | [Ovld] Randal Bays and Dáithí Sproule. Overland. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar), Dáithí Sproule (guitar, vocals). |
| ~2009 | 11#2 | [KClns 2] Kathleen Collins. My Book of Songs. Kathleen Collins (fiddle). |
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.
| On page 108 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| As tune #323 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As reel #227 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
| As reel #362 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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): 1974