Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#923 (Jenny Lind's Polka)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MB 2 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polka | 32 | AABB | D Major |
Jenny Lind's Polka / Jenny Lind Polka / Devlin's / Heel and Toe Polka / Bonnie Polka / The Last of June (1st in set Polkas on BFair) (also in G) (setting on RtHaMtD has a 2nd part that is significantly different yet still essentially similar)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 10#1 | [BFair] Ballinasloe Fair. Early Recordings of Irish Music in America. Murty Rabbett (piccolo). |
| ~1976 | 7#2 | [RtHaMtD] Round the House and Mind the Dresser. Rose Murphy (fiddle). |
| ~1993 | 5#2 | [MB 2] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin 2. Mary Bergin (whistle). For this tune: (Eb whistle). |
| ~2010 | 3#2 | [Tda 4] Téada. Ceol and Cuimhne. Music and Memory. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, piano), Paul Finn (accordion), Damien Stenson (flute), Seán McElwain (guitar, bouzouki), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán). |
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 #308 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| On page 145 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| On page 230 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
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): 1927