Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#674 (Fred Finn's)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | D Major |
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 RtH (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Fred Finn's / Fred Finn's Reel / Ríl Fred Finn / Berkshire Heights / Arda Berkshire / Molly What Ails You? / You're Right My Love / Peadar O'Loughlin's (also in B) (compare very distantly Fisherman's Lilt #1021)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1986 | 2.3#1 | [RtH] various. Round the House. Music for the Sets - Vol. 1. Séamus Meehan (piano accordion), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Neillidh Mulligan (pipes), Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich (accordion), Gerry Bevan (fiddle). |
| ~1992 | 3#2 | [MMM] various. Music at Matt Molloy's. |
| ~1994 | 1#2 | [JCt 1] John Carty and Brian McGrath. The Cat that Ate the Candle. John Carty (banjo, fiddle), Brian McGrath (piano, banjo). |
| ~1999 | 15#1 | [MtRd] various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. |
| ~1999 | 28#1 | [MtRd] various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. |
| 2000 | 16#1 | [Ch W] The Chieftains. Water from the Well. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle, accordion), Derek Bell (harp, harpsichord, piano, tiompán), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute). |
| ~2000 | 15#2 | [OMBFMO] Oisín Mac Diarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, Micheál Ó Ruanaigh. Traditional Music on Fiddle, Banjo and Harp. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle), Brian Fitzgerald (banjo), Micheál Ó Ruanaigh (harp). |
| ~2000 | 2.14#1 | [WFO 1] various. Wooden Flute Obsession. |
| ~2004 | 1.6#2 | [WFO 3] various. Wooden Flute Obsession 3. |
| ~2005 | 7#3 | [InTndm] Kevin Burke and Ged Foley. In Tandem. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Ged Foley (guitar, vocals). |
| ~2007 | 1#2 | [PHGH 2] Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington. The Merry Love to Play. Peter Horan (flute), Gerry Harrington (fiddle). |
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 #257 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #30 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As reel #84 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #46 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. |
| As reel #109 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #160 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. |
| As reel #35 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. |
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): 1967