Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#514 (Dinny Delaney's)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SK 1 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single jig | 32 | AABB | D Mixolydian |
Dinny Delaney's / Dinny Delaney / Dinney Delaney's / Denis Delaney's / The Old Hag in the Kiln / The Old Hag at the Kiln / The Hag in the Kiln / An Chailleach sa Tornóig (also as slide or double jig, both included here) (2nd in set Old Hag You Have Killed Me on BB 2 and BB 5)
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 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1975 | 16#2 | [SK 1] Seán Keane. Gusty's Frolicks. Seán Keane (fiddle). |
| 1976 | 8#2 | [BB 2] The Bothy Band. Old Hag You Have Killed Me. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Kevin Burke (fiddle), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, clavinet, harmonium), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán). For this tune: opens with Kevin Burke (fiddle). |
| 1976 | 8#2 | [BB 5] The Bothy Band. The Best of the Bothy Band. |
| ~1976 | 10#2 | [TP 2] Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady. The High Part of the Road. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar). |
| ~1978 | 1#3 (2:09) | [Ch 8] The Chieftains. 8. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán). |
| ~1978 | 2#1 | [KB Cap] Kevin Burke. If the Cap Fits. Kevin Burke (fiddle). |
| ~1995 | 8#1 | [MMR 1] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Dangerous Reel. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle). |
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 #88 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #81 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As slide #10 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As sgjig #33 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. |
| As tune #167 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): 1972