Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 911 (Jackson's Morning Brush)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig80AABB'BB'DDCCD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Jackson's Morning Brush
 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 MC (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 Morning Brush / Jackson's Favorite / Jackson's Favourite / Jackson's / Fairy Haunts / My Mountain Home (with varying numbers and orders of parts, including as few as 2 parts) (composed by Walker Jackson (often misspelled as Walter Jackson))
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
~191915#1[PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes).View album details
19212.9#1[MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle).View album details
193610#1[HG] Hugh Gillespie. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. Hugh Gillespie (fiddle).View album details
~19741#2[SE 3] Séamus Ennis. The Wandering Minstrel. Seamus Ennis (pipes).View album details
~197413#2[GP] various. The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. View album details
~19759#2[SK 1] Seán Keane. Gusty's Frolicks. Seán Keane (fiddle).View album details
~20022#2[BRny 2] Brian Rooney. Leitrim to London. Brian Rooney (fiddle, accordion).View album details
~20046#1[OMcD] Oisín Mac Diarmada. Ar an bhFidil. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, whistle).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 #899 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #146 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 135 of [IMM] Francis O'Neill. Irish Minstrels and Musicians. [available]
As tune #104 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
On page 23 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #9 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 77 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #37 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
On page 33 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. [available]
As jig #61 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #241 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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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