Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#871 (Humours of Whiskey)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 2 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|
| Slip jig | 16 | E Minor |
Humours of Whiskey, The / The Humours of Whisky / The Humors of Whiskey / Humors of Whiskey / Pléaráca an Fuisce / Drops of Brandy (also in B, also with parts reversed) (compare High Road to Dublin #834)
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.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1919 | 28#1 | [PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes). |
| 1969 | 10#1 | [Ch 2] The Chieftains. 2. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones), Seán Keane (fiddle). |
| 1987 | 5#1 | [DMeehan] Danny Meehan. Navvy on the Shore. Danny Meehan (fiddle). |
| ~1987 | 10#3 | [A 1] Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh. Altan. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute). |
| 1992 | 14#1 | [DOEI] Dear Old Erin's Isle. Irish Traditional Music from America. Tom Doherty (melodeon). |
| ~1993 | 12#1 | [TDrty] Tom Doherty. Take the Bull by the Horns. Tom Doherty (accordion). |
| ~1994 | 1#1 | [NMCMM] The Northern Meeting. Celtic Music in Milwaukee. 180 and the Letter G. |
| ~1996 | 7#2 | [JK 3] James Kelly. Traditional Irish Music. James Kelly (fiddle). |
| ~1996 | 10#2 | [Sol 1] Solas. Solas. Seamus Egan (flute, whistle, guitar, pipes, bodhrán, vocals), Karan Casey (vocals), John Doyle (guitar, vocals), Winifred Horan (fiddle, vocals), John Williams (accordion, concertina, vocals). |
| ~2000 | 7#4 | [A AS] Altan. Another Sky. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Dáithi Sproule (guitar, vocals). |
| ~2009 | 9#3 | [PoNY] Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Billy McComiskey, Brendan Dolan. Pride of New York. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Brian Conway (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Dolan (piano). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune 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 #66 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| On page 159 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. |
| On page 220 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As slipjig #15 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): 1919