Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#708 (Geese in the Bog)

Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig80AABBCCDDEED Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Geese in the Bog
 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 BtB (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Geese in the Bog, The / The Geese in the Bogs / Na Géabha sa bPortach / Géanna sa Phortach / The Old Geese in the Bog / Old Geese in the Bog / The Lark's March / The Mountain Lark / The Lark in the Morning / Jackson's Coola / Jackson's Walk to Limerick / Jackson's Trip to Limerick / The Humours of Limerick / Tom Broderick's Jig / The Green Meadow / Tuhy's Frolic / The Pipers Frolic / Wiseman's Favourite / Twice Tricked / Bob Thompson's Favourite / The Coravat Jig (also with a 6th part, also only as 1st 2 parts in either order) (compare Up Sligo #3922, Saddle the Pony in Levey and The Housemaid in Joyce)

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
~191930#1[PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes).View album details
19363#1[BtB] Paddy Killoran, James Morrison. From Ballymote to Brooklyn. Paddy Killoran (fiddle), James Morrison (fiddle).View album details
~196717#1[PKlly] Patrick Kelly. Patrick Kelly From Cree. Fiddle Music. Patrick Kelly (fiddle).View album details
~197715#1[SE 4] Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping. Seamus Ennis (pipes except where whistle or vocals noted).View album details
19782#1[NHTL] Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony Linnane (fiddle).View album details
19982#1[Lgcy] Legacy. Navan. Don Penzien (guitar, vocals, whistle), Valerie Plested (fiddle), Beth Patterson (bouzouki, vocals), Justin Murphy (flute, whistle).View album details
~20071.3#1[CLnn 2] Charlie Lennon. Turning the Tune. Charlie Lennon (fiddle, viola, piano, harpsichord, bass, keyboards).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 #1085 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #279 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #91 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #28 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
As tune #53 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #62 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 67 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As jig #19 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On pages 42-43 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. [available]
As jig #41 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #165 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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