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Tune ID#1067 (Lad O'Beirne's)

These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SRyan C (details in the Discography below).

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Hornpipe	32	AABB	G Major

Basic musical information on this tune.

Rhythm ?

Bars

8-bar phrase structure

Mode ?

Hornpipe

AABB

G Major

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Lad O'Beirne's / Lad O'Beirne's Hornpipe / Lad O Beirne's / Cornphíopa Lad O'Beirne / Lad O'Bierne's / Reeveys Hornpipe / The Flowing Tide (2nd in set Cornphíopaí Uí Riabhaigh / Reavy's Hornpipes on DoDnl 2) (composed by Ed Reavy)

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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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~1959	23#1	[POB] Paddy O'Brien. 1922-1991. Paddy O'Brien (accordion).
~1959	12#1	[SRPJM] Seán Ryan, PJ Maloney. Traditional Music of Ireland. Volume One. Digitally Remastered. Seán Ryan (fiddle), PJ Maloney (flute). For this tune: Seán (fiddle).
~1959	1.16#1	[SRyan C] Seán Ryan. A Collection of His Own Compositions and His Versions of Well Known Traditional Tunes. Seán Ryan (fiddle).
~1971	A.5#1	[SMcGJB] Sean McGuire and Joe Burke. Two Champions. Sean McGuire (fiddle), Joe Burke (accordion).
~1977	6#2	[DODnl 2] Danny O'Donnell. Ón tSean-Am Anall. Danny O'Donnell (fiddle).
~1977	16#1	[ECst] Traditional Irish Music in America. The East Coast. Eugene O'Donnell (fiddle).
~1979	4#1	[MER] The Music of Ed Reavy. Mick Moloney (mandolin).
~1980	2.3#2	[Oisn 3] Oisín. Over the Moor to Maggie. Gerry Phelan (flute, whistle), Geraldine McGowan (vocals, bodhrán, recorder), Seamus McGowan (guitar, vocals), Brein MacDonagh [sic for:] Brian McDonagh (mandola, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki), Tom MacDonagh [sic for:] Tom McDonagh (bouzouki, guitar), Mick Davis (fiddle).
~1983	11#1	[CCssdy] Con Cassidy. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Con Cassidy (fiddle).
~1998	15#1	[THwtB] Seamus Tansey and Jim McKillop. To Hell with the Begrudgers. Seamus Tansey (flute), Jim McKillop (fiddle).
~2003	2.3#1	[WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Peter Horan (flute).
~2006	7#1	[LLses 3] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Enchanted Lady. Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle, mandola, banjo), Maureen Linane (accordion), Dee Havlin (flute, whistle), Kathleen O'Sullivan (vocals).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Quinn of Armagh	DODnl 2
Flowing Tide	Oisn 3

Played before	On Albums
Swan	SRPJM, SRyan C
Galway Hornpipe	SMcGJB
Tailor's Twist	ECst
Blackbird	THwtB
Sault's Own Hornpipe	WFO 2
Joe Madden's	LLses 3

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 musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #96 in [ER] Joseph M. Reavy (compiler). The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy. [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?

Tune ID#1067 (Lad O'Beirne's)

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Discography

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Bibliography