Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#4613 (My Former Wife)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording PT (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | A Dorian |
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
My Former Wife / Bantry Bay Jig / Jackson's Couge in the Morning (setting in book JKg 3 differs significantly in 2nd part)
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 10 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1919 | 34#1 | [PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes). For this tune: (pipes). |
| ~2007 | 5#2 | [OMcA] Oisín McAuley. Far from the Hills of Donegal. Oisín McAuley (fiddle, guitar). |
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 #849 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #110 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| On page 33 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As jig #3 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 the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903