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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1926 | 2#2 | [WmMully] William Mullaly. The Westmeath Hunt. William Mullaly (concertina). |
1928 | 14#2 | [WW 1] The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 1. 1st time John McKenna (flute), then with James Morrison (fiddle). |
1928 | 2.17#2 | [JMcK] John McKenna. The Music and Life of John McKenna. 'The Buck from the Mountain'. John McKenna (flute, whistle, lilting, vocals). For this tune: (flute), with James Morrison (fiddle). |
1937 | 23#3 | [IDM 2] Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. Aughrim Slopes Ceilidhe Band. |
~1954 | 10#2 | [CmA 2] The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place. Charlie Higgins (flute), Jack Dolan (fiddle). |
1955 | 1.6#2 | [JV] John Vesey. Sligo Fiddler. John Vesey (fiddle). |
~1957 | 1.15#2 | [JV] John Vesey. Sligo Fiddler. John Vesey (fiddle). |
~1959 | 2.19#3 | [WC 4] Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes). |
~1961 | 2.11#2 | [JV] John Vesey. Sligo Fiddler. John Vesey (fiddle). |
~1984 | 15#1 | [FoNote] Peter O'Loughlin, Paddy Canny, Paddy Murphy, Geraldine Cotter. Friends of Note. Peter O'Loughlin (flute), Paddy Canny (fiddle), Paddy Murphy (concertina), Geraldine Cotter (piano). |
~1985 | 7#1 | [CW] Matt Molloy and Sean Keane. Contentment Is Wealth. Matt Molloy (flute), Sean Keane (fiddle). |
~1989 | 1#1 | [SRn 1] Seán Ryan. Siúil Uait / Take the Air. Seán Ryan (whistle). For this tune: (Eb whistle). |
1990 | 16#3 | [COG 1] Conal O Gráda. The Top of Coom. Conal Ó Gráda (flute). |
1992 | 20#2 | [DOEI] Dear Old Erin's Isle. Irish Traditional Music from America. Joe Shannon (pipes), John Williams (concertina), Seamus Connolly (fiddle). |
1995 | 10#3 | [FMD 1] The Fiddle Music of Donegal. Volume One. Micheal McMenamin (fiddle). |
~1996 | 14#3 | [JBrosnan] John Brosnan. The Cook in the Kitchen. John Brosnan (accordion). |
~1997 | 27#2 | [Shskn 10] Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening. Tom Cussen (banjo, mandolin), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán, bongos), Seán Conway (flute, whistle, guitar), Eamonn Cotter (flute), Mike Fahy (guitar), Charlie Harris (accordion), Geraldine Cotter (piano), Carl Hession (piano). For this tune: Seán Conway (Bb whistle). |
1999 | 15#2 | [GCJR] Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill. Two Gentlemen of Clare Music. Gerard Commane (concertina), Joe Ryan (fiddle). |
~1999 | 12#2 | [CODnl 1] Colm O'Donnell. Farewell to Evening Dances. Colm O'Donnell (flute, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (whistle). |
~2000 | 15#4 | [LLses 1] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Bernie Conneely (banjo), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Sharon Whelton (flute, whistle). |
2001 | 2#2 | [KHys 1] Kitty Hayes. A Touch of Clare. Kitty Hayes (concertina). For this tune: with Yvonne Casey (fiddle). |
2001 | 1#3 | [IBrgd 10] The Irish Brigade (and Friends). Live at the Half Time Rec. Mike Wallace (guitar, bodhrán, bass, vocals), Sean Conway (flute, whistle, guitar, vocals), John Wright (bass), Karie Oberg (vocals), Mike Ryan (dumbek). For this tune: Sean Conway (Bb whistle). |
~2001 | 12#2 | [JCt 3] John Carty. Yeh, That's All It Is. John Carty (fiddle, guitar). |
~2002 | 10#2 | [LitN] Christy Barry, Conor McCarthy, Cyril O'Donoghue. Late . . . in the Night. Christy Barry (flute, whistle, spoons), Conor McCarthy (accordion), Cyril O'Donoghue (bouzouki, guitar). |
2003 | 15#2 | [MHyDLd 1] Michael Hynes and Denis Liddy. Waifs and Strays. Michael Hynes (flute), Denis Liddy (fiddle). |
~2005 | 2.16#3 | [WFO 3] Wooden Flute Obsession 3. John Rynne (flute). |
2007 | 3#2 | [KHys 2] Kitty Hayes. Remembered. In Concert in Glór and Bantry House. Kitty Hayes (concertina). For this tune: with Peter Laban (C pipes), Mick Kinsella (harmonica), Josephine Marsh (accordion). |
~2007 | 16#3 | [PHGH 2] Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington. The Merry Love to Play. Peter Horan (flute), Gerry Harrington (fiddle). |
~2009 | 10#3 | [JWynn 2] John Wynne. Ar nós na Gaoithe. Like the Wind. John Wynne (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute). |
2011 | 11#3 | [KRyan] Karen Ryan. The Coast Road. Karen Ryan (fiddle, banjo, whistle). For this tune: (whistle). |