Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 70 (An Sean Duine)

RhythmBarsMode
Double jig32D Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of An Sean Duine
 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 7 (transposed down to D) (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 Sean Duine / The Burnt Old Man / Georgie, the Dotard (2nd in set O'Sullivan's March on Ch 7) (also in G; compare as song / air #1754, and 1st part with 1st part of jig/slide #250)
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
~19777(1:54)#2[Ch 7] The Chieftains. 7. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle, bones), Seán Keane (fiddle, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, oboe), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán).View album details
~19964#2[MOB] Mick O' Brien. May Morning Dew. Mick O' Brien (pipes, whistle).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 #90 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [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