Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 461 (Daniel of the Sun)

RhythmBarsMode
Double jig32G Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Daniel of the Sun
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of the transcription in the book CRE 2 (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):
Daniel of the Sun / Dónall na Gréine / Sonny Dan / Daniel of the Stroke / Daniel Drunk / The Leg of the Duck / I Gave to My Nellie / Nelly’s Jig / Girls of the West / The Western Jig / The Bonny Highlander / Bucky Highlander / Buckey Highlander / Petticoat Loose / O My Dear Judy / O My Dear Father, Pity Your Daughter / O My Dear Father Pity Your Daughter / She Is the Girl that Can Do It / The Bottle of Brandy / Bully for You / The Bottle of Brandy Bully for You / Teddy You Gander / 'Tis Sweet to Think / Gillanadrouar / Gillinadrouer / From the Court to the Cottage (compare Leg of the Duck #1114)

cd Discography

I have determined by careful listening that there are zero recordings of this tune anywhere on the indexed recordings, regardless of tune title.

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order.

As tune #10 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
On page 7 of [MR] Barbara Wygol (tunes), Jenny Loui (text). The Piper's Chair. A Collection of Tunes and Folklore from Micho Russell.

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): 1967
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