Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#4883 (Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording PotW (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | G Major |
Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part / Happy to Meet / Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part / Sorry to Part / Is Sultmhar an Casadh, Is Uaigneach an Scaradh / Ríméad ar Chastáil / Jemmie the Gom / The Wake Jig / My Love in the Morning / Barrel Rafferty's Jig (compare John Joe Gardiner's #5803 and Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part #802, especially their 1st parts, and compare 1st part with 1st part of Mist on the Meadow #1321)
Discography
Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.
to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5#2 | [PotW] John Wynne and John McEvoy. Pride of the West. John Wynne (flute), John McEvoy (fiddle). |
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 recording listed above.
| As tune #28 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #218 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
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): 1969