Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 942 (Jim Keefe's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Polka32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Jim Keefe's
 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 JDa 1 (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):
Jim Keefe's / The Tournmore (3) (as No name with parts reversed on RtH; 1st in set Walsh's Polkas on PS 4; 1st in set Seamus Creagh's on NCrg 1)
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
19779#1[JDa 1] Jackie Daly. Music from Sliabh Luachra. Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina).View album details
~19862.4#1[RtH] various. Round the House. Music for the Sets - Vol. 1. Séamus Meehan (piano accordion), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Neillidh Mulligan (pipes), Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich (accordion), Gerry Bevan (fiddle).View album details
~19931#1[PS 4] Patrick Street. All in Good TIme. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Andy Irvine (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica), Arty McGlynn (guitar), Bill Whelan (keyboards, vocals).View album details
~19998#1[NCrg 1] North Cregg. . . . And They Danced All Night. Christy Leahy (accordion), Caoimhin Vallely (fiddle, keyboards), Ciarán Coughlan (piano, keyboards), John Neville (vocals, guitar), Martin Leahy (snare drum, percussion).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 polka #59 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As tune #78 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [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): 1977
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