Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 992 (Johnny Leary's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Polka32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Johnny Leary'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):
Johnny Leary's / Bridgie Con Matt's Favourite / Willie Doherty's
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

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
19771#2[JDa 1] Jackie Daly. Music from Sliabh Luachra. Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina).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 tune #293 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #33 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
As polka #20 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): 1977
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