Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#545 (Drowsy Maggie)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 16 | AB | E Dorian |
about these two bars
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 4 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Drowsy Maggie / Drowsie Maggie / Drowsey Maggie (including Donegal setting) (also in A, also doubled, also with a 3rd part composed by Joe Cooley) (compare 2nd part with 2nd part of John-Joe Gannon's #4512)
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.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 1#1 | [PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes). |
| 1919 | 14#1 | [WW 2] various. The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 2. |
| ~1949 | 6(2:04)#2 | [ICTM] various. Ireland. Irlande. |
| ~1973 | 1(0:02)#1 | [Ch 4] The Chieftains. 4. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). |
| ~1977 | 3#2 | [BICM] various. Best of Irish Ceili Music. Disc 5 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. |
| ~1978 | 11#2 | [LC 1] Liz Carroll. A Friend Indeed. Liz Carroll (fiddle). |
| ~1981 | 5#1 | [MM 2] Matt Molloy. Heathery Breeze. Matt Molloy (flute). |
| ~1981 | 2.18#1 | [WFO 1] various. Wooden Flute Obsession. |
| 1991 | 7#1 | [A HS] Altan. Harvest Storm. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute, whistle, vocals), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki, bouzouki-guitar). |
| 1992 | 9#2 | [DOEI] various. Dear Old Erin's Isle. Irish Traditional Music from America. |
| ~1999 | 28#2 | [MtRd] various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. |
| 2007 | 10#1 | [Aths 1] Áthas. Áthas. Heather Lewin-Tiarks (fiddle, viola, cello), Amy Richter (bodhrán, djembe, whistle), Jeff Ksiazek (guitar, whistle, flute). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – 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 #1425 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #662 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| On page 31 of [LPUP] Eithne and Brian Vallely. Learn to Play the Uilleann Pipes. |
| On page 136 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| On page 103 of [TOC] Tomás Ó Canainn. Traditional Music in Ireland. |
| As tune #42 in [LPF] Eithne and Brian Vallely. Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club. |
| On page 91 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As reel #48 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| On page 86 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. |
| On page 7 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. |
| As reel #7 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. |
| In [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 26 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #70 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #75 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
| As tune #3 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. |
| In [LM] L[arry]. E. McCullough. ? |
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