Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 908 (Jackson's Bottle of Brandy)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Jackson's Bottle of Brandy
 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 PT (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Jackson's Bottle of Brandy / Jackson's Jug of Punch / Íoc an Reicneáil / Jackson's Bottle of Punch / Jackson's Bottle of Claret / Jackson's Jig / The Bottle of Punch / Pay the Reckoning / Bobbing for Eels / Fishing for Eels / The Butchers of Bristol / The Old Man's Jig / The Groom / Groom / Larry Grogan / The Dairy Maid (composed by C. Knowlton)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

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
191912#2[PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes).View album details
~1978A.7#2[NF] Joe Shannon, Johnny McGreevy. The Noonday Feast. Joe Shannon (pipes), Johnny McGreevy (fiddle).View album details
~19792#3[Plx 5] Planxty. After the Break. Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonium, bodhrán), Donal Lunny (blarge, guitar), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, hurdy gurdy, bouzouki), Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle).View album details
~198310#2[JB 2] Joe Burke with Máire Ní Chathasaigh. The Tailor's Choice. Joe Burke (flute, whistle, accordion).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 #1006 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #898 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #145 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #19 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
On page 40 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As jig #60 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #10 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [available]
As tune #46 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. [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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