Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 671 (An Buachaillín Bán)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBA Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of An Buachaillín Bán
 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 GCJR (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
An Buachaillín Bán / Buachaillín Bán / The Bouchaleen Bawn / The Fairhaired Boy / The Fair Haired Boy / Fraher's Jig / The Freheen Jig / The Boys from Carrickroe / The Kerryman's Rambles / The Last of the Lot (3rd in set Joe Ryan's Jigs on GCJR) (also in G)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd 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. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19958#1[JW 1] John Williams. John Williams. John Williams (accordion, concertina).View album details
~19952#1[JDa 2] Jackie Daly. Domhnach Is Dálach. Many's a Wild Night. Jackie Daly (accordion).View album details
19993#3[GCJR] Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill. Two Gentlemen of Clare Music. Gerard Commane (concertina), Joe Ryan (fiddle).View album details
~200710#3[CMcN] Christy McNamara. The House I Was Reared In. Christy McNamara (accordion, concertina, vocals).View album details

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 #924 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #158 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #120 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #20 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
On page 42 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #78 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As tune #237 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]

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
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