| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | G Major |

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JDJO (details in the Discography below).
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). | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~1907 | 8#1 | [PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes). | |
| ~1953 | 10#1 | [JDJO] Joe Derrane and Jerry O'Brien. Irish Accordion Masters. Joe Derrane (accordion), Jerry O'Brien (accordion). | |
| ~1969 | 5#2 | [GP] various. The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. | |
| 1991 | 18#2 | [FS] various. Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. | |
| ~1991 | 6#3 | [PG 2] Paddy Glackin. Rabharta Ceoil. In Full Spate. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán). | |
| ~1993 | 20#1 | [JCnly] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (accordion). | |
| ~1996 | [2] various. Alan's other personal audiocassettes. | ||
| 1999 | 6#1 | [GCJR] Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill. Two Gentlemen of Clare Music. Gerard Commane (concertina), Joe Ryan (fiddle). |
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 #317 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #14 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." |
| As tune #19 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| On page 11 of [Ba] Betty M. Barlow. Fiddle Tunes for the Violinist. |
| On page 140 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As tune #90 in [ER] Joseph M. Reavy (compiler). The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy. |
| On page 148 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As tune #33 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. |
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?