Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#87 (As I Went up to Dublin City)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polka | 32 | AABB | A 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 DLB (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
As I Went up to Dublin City / The Spanish Lady / Finnigan's Wake / The French Musician / Doran's Ass (for 2nd figure of dance Off to Skelligs in book R; for dance Walls of Limerick in book MM) (also in G, D, or C; also as single reel, singled)
Discography
Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4#1 | [DLB] Donncha Lynch Band. Timmy 'the Brit' McCarthy's Set Dances of Cork and Kerry. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogan Lynch (concertina), Ronan Lynch (fiddle), Donncha Lynch, Jr. (guitar). |
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 recording listed above.
| As tune #265 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #296#2 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| On page 135 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| As misc #35 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #55 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. |
| On page 238 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As polka #47 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