Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#723 (Give Me Your Hand)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|
| March | 52 | G 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 Plx 1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Give Me Your Hand / Tabhair Dom Do Lámh / Tabhair Dom Do Lamh / Tabair Dam Do Lamh / Da Mihi Manum (also as song) (composed by Rory Dall Ó Catháin / Rory Dall O'Cathain / Rory Dall O'Cahan [Blind Roger O'Keane])
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1973 | 1#2 | [Plx 1] Planxty. Planxty. Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandola, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán), Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bodhrán). |
| ~1975 | 2#1 | [Ch 5] The Chieftains. 5. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Derek Bell (harp, oboe, timpán), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). |
| ~1979 | 10#2 | [Plx 4] Planxty. Collection. Unidentified on this reissue. |
| ~1987 | [Ch JG] The Chieftains / James Galway. In Ireland. |
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 #406 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| On page 60 of [IMM] Francis O'Neill. Irish Minstrels and Musicians. |
| As tune #83 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As tune #25 in volume 1 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. |
| On page 60 of [RW] Robin Williamson. The Penny Whistle Book. |
| On page 120 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As tune #97 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. |
| As waltz #3 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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