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Tune ID#934 (Jig Away the Donkey)

Rhythm ?BarsMode ?
Fling16D Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Jig Away the Donkey
 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 FFH (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Jig Away the Donkey / The Mist on the Mountain (also as reel)

cd Discography

Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19982#3[FFH] Far From Home. Tri. Turner Collins (accordion, whistle, vocals), Bob Newton (octave mandolin, mandocello, bodhrán, vocals), Daithi Wolfe (fiddle).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 recording listed above.

As reel #194 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #151 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1986