Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#5240 (King's Shilling)
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Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
King's Shilling, The (composed by Ian Sinclair) [This tune is not (yet?) part of the Irish tradition, but belongs rather to Scottish music.]
Discography
Here is the sole recording of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.
| Year Recorded |
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[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
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| 2007 | 2#1 | [AbsIr] various. Absolutely Irish. Mac Benford (banjo, vocals), Darrah Carr (feet), Liz Carroll (fiddle), Karan Casey (vocals), Brendan Dolan (piano), John Doyle (guitar, bouzouki, vocals), Seamus Egan (banjo, flute), Eileen Ivers (fiddle), Rhys Jones (fiddle, guitar, vocals), Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Susan McKeown (vocals), Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocals), Robbie O'Connell (vocals, guitar), Niall O'Leary (feet), Jerry O'Sullivan (pipes, whistle), Mike Rafferty (flute), Athena Tergis (fiddle). |
Bibliography
I have found zero transcriptions of this song anywhere on the indexed books. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. If you want to actually learn to sing this song, simply learn it from a fellow singer or from a recording listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 2007