about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | E Dorian |
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording PCt (details in the Discography below).
DiscographyHere 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. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 8#1 | [GD] various. From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. |
| ~1975 | 11#2 | [PCt] Paddy Carty. Traditional Irish Music. Paddy Carty (flute). |
| ~1976 | 9#2 | [MM 1] Matt Molloy accompanied by Dónal Lunny. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute). |
| ~1976 | 1#1 | [Ch 6] The Chieftains. 6. Bonaparte's Retreat. Paddy Moloney [misspelled as:] Maloney (pipes, whistle, bodhrán), Seán Potts (whistle, bodhrán), Martin Fay (fiddle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, oboe, tiompán), Seán Keane (fiddle). |
| ~1982 | 2.10#2 | [GL20] various. Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. |
| 1994 | 4#2 | [SS 2] Sharon Shannon. Out the Gap. Sharon Shannon (accordion, fiddle). |
| ~1996 | 27#1 | [CmA 1] various. The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. |
| ~1997 | 13#1 | [GL1] various. The Dance Music of Ireland. Jigs and Reels. |
| 1998 | 9#2 | [Lgcy] Legacy. Navan. Don Penzien (guitar, vocals, whistle), Valerie Plested (fiddle), Beth Patterson (bouzouki, vocals), Justin Murphy (flute, whistle). |
| ~1998 | 11#2 | [MMR 2] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Old Fireside Music. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle). |
| ~1999 | 2.2#1 | [WFO 1] various. Wooden Flute Obsession. |
BibliographyHere 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 #189 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| On page 39 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. |
| On page 16 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 26 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #80 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #121 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
| 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?