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). |
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1934 | 7#2 | [WW 2] The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 2. Paddy Sweeney (fiddle). |
1934 | 23#2 | [GD] From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. Paddy Sweeney (fiddle). |
1935 | 16#1 | [WW 1] The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 1. James Morrison (fiddle). |
1935 | 1#1 | [MG] Milestone at the Garden. Irish Fiddle Masters from the 78 RPM Era. James Morrison (fiddle). |
~1974 | 7#4 | [KCB 3] [The Kilfenora Ceili Band]. [The Kilfenora Céilí Band]. |
~1981 | 10#1 | [DD 4] De Danann. The Star Spangled Molly. Jackie Daly (accordion), Alec Finn (bouzouki, guitar), Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute), Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh (bodhrán, bones), Charlie Piggot (banjo), Maura O'Connell (vocals). |
~1989 | 2#1 | [DBDL] Ben Lennon, Séamus Quinn, Gabriel McArdle, Ciarán Curran. Dog Big and Dog Little. Ben Lennon (fiddle), Séamus Quinn (fiddle, accordion, piano), Gabriel McArdle (concertina, song), Ciarán Curran (cittern). |
1992 | 16#2 | [JRyan] Joe Ryan. An Buachaill Dreoite. Joe Ryan (fiddle). |
~1993 | 12#2 | [SnugBl] Paddy O'Brien, Jamie Gans, Daithi Sproule. Snug in the Blanket. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Jamie Gans (fiddle), Daithi Sproule (guitar). |
~1996 | 16#2 | [JCt 2] John Carty. Last Night's Fun. John Carty (fiddle, banjo, flute). |
~1998 | 11#1 | [THwtB] Seamus Tansey and Jim McKillop. To Hell with the Begrudgers. Seamus Tansey (flute), Jim McKillop (fiddle). |
~1999 | 9#2 | [MtRd] The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. Paddy Ryan (fiddle), with Jim Corry (piano). |
~2001 | 3#1 | [FG 6] Frankie Gavin. Fierce Traditional. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute). For this tune: (fiddle). |
~2002 | 3#3 | [BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle). |
~2003 | 11#3 | [PDuffy] Philip Duffy. Killin' Clocks. Philip Duffy (fiddle). |
~2003 | 12#3 | [TapRT] The Tap Room Trio. The Tap Room Trio. Harry Bradley (flute, piccolo), Jesse Smith (fiddle), John Blake (guitar, piano, flute). |
~2006 | 14#2 | [DCB 1] The Doon Céilí Band. Around the World for Sport. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Kate Dowling (flute), Laura MacKenzie (flute), Brian Miller (flute), Jode Dowling (fiddle), Django Amerson (fiddle), Sean Egan (piano). |
2009 | 4#1 | [DPss 2] Dan Possumato. Pulling Out the Stops. Traditional Music and Song of Ireland. Dan Possumato (accordion). For this tune: (accordion). |
~2010 | 10#2 | [NcGvsky] NicGaviskey. Home away from Home. Sean Gavin (flute), Bernadette Nic Gabhann (fiddle), Caitlín Nic Gabhann (concertina), Sean McComiskey (accordion). For this tune: Bernadette (fiddle). |
~2011 | 6#1 | [DdBzz] Mick O'Brien and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. Deadly Buzz. Aoibhinn Crónán. Mick O'Brien (pipes, whistle, flute), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (hardanger fiddle, fiddle, whistle). For this tune: (Bb pipes), (fiddle). |
2012 | 5#3 | [Yanks 1] The Yanks. The Yanks. Isaac Alderson (flute, pipes), Dylan Foley (fiddle), Dan Gurney (accordion), Sean Earnest (guitar, bouzouki). For this tune: Dylan (fiddle). |
~2016 | 7#1 | [MLostCon] Jesse Smith, Sean Gavin, John Blake. Music from the Lost Continent. Jesse Smith (fiddle), Sean Gavin (flute), John Blake (piano). For this tune: (fiddle), (F flute). |
~2017 | 1#2 | [DFln] Declan Folan. All in Good Time. Declan Folan (fiddle). |