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Tune ID#1150 (Longford Tinker)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Longford Tinker about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BB 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel24ABCB Minor
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Longford Tinker, The / Longford Tinker / Tincéir an Longfoirt / The Longford Spinster / The Longford Reel / The Concert Flute / Jenny Dang the Weaver / Jennie Dang the Weaver / Jennie Bang the Weaver / Jinnie Bang the Weaver / Phlanc Sinéad an Fíodóir / The Furze Bush (2nd in set Roscommon Elephant on MHyDLd 1; 1st in set Yannicks Gavotte on FullSt 1) (also in A, also with 4 parts) (compare 1st part with 2nd part of Lucy Farr's Reel #5639; compare Jenny Dang the Weaver #6745; compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Jenny Dang the Weaver #922)
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Discography cd

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).
~197011#1
~19702.15#1
~19709#1
[4IC] Joe Burke, Finbarr Dwyer, Kevin Loughlin, John Whelan. Pure Irish Traditional Accordion. Session with Four Irish Champions. Joe Burke (accordion), Finbarr Dwyer (accordion), Kevin Loughlin (accordion), John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: Finbarr Dwyer (accordion).
~197314#1
[JB 2] Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), with Charlie Lennon (piano).
19759#2
[BB 1] The Bothy Band. 1975. The First Album. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Donal Lunny (bouzouki, vocals), Tríona Ni Dhomhnaill (harpsichord, bodhrán, vocals), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (guitar, vocals).
~19751#2
[SK 1] Seán Keane. Gusty's Frolicks. Seán Keane (fiddle).
19761#2
[BB 6] The Bothy Band. Live in Concert. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Peter Browne (pipes), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, clavinet), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar).
~19928#3
[CTL 3] Cherish the Ladies. The Back Door. Mary Coogan (guitar, banjo), Siobhan Egan (fiddle, bodhrán), Eileen Golden (feet), Winifred Horan (fiddle, feet), Maureen Doherty Macken [Mary Rafferty] (accordion, flute), Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Cathie Ryan (vocals), Linnane Wick (feet). For this tune: Joanie Madden (Eb whistle).
~19927#2
[PMcG 1] Paul McGrattan. The Frost Is All Over. Paul McGrattan (flute, whistle). For this tune: (whistle).
19986#3
[Lgcy] Legacy. Navan. Don Penzien (guitar, vocals, whistle), Valerie Plested (fiddle), Beth Patterson (bouzouki, vocals), Justin Murphy (flute, whistle).
199913#2
[MCnnly] Mick Conneely. Selkie. Mick Conneely (fiddle, bouzouki).
200011#1
[DMeehan] Danny Meehan. Navvy on the Shore. Danny Meehan (fiddle). For this tune: Mick O'Connell (accordion).
20039#2
[MHyDLd 1] Michael Hynes and Denis Liddy. Waifs and Strays. Michael Hynes (flute), Denis Liddy (fiddle). For this tune: Michael (whistle).
~200915#2
[Girsa 1] Girsa. Girsa. Traditional Irish Music. Maeve Flanagan (fiddle, whistle, percussion), Deidre Brennan (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, percussion), Kristen McShane (fiddle, percussion), Margaret Dudasik (vocals, fiddle, whistle, dance), Bernadette Flanagan (piano, bodhrán, dance), Blaithin Loughran (accordion, percussion), Pamela Geraghty (vocals, accordion, guitar, percussion), Emily McShane (vocals, piano, bodhrán, percussion). For this tune: Maeve (whistle).
20107#3
[MCnDMn] Mick Conneely and David Munnelly. 'Tis What It Is. Mick Conneely (fiddle, bouzouki), David Munnelly (accordion, melodeon).
~201011#2
[2TapTrio] The Two Tap Trio. A Night at the Fair. Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Norah Rendell (flute, vocals), Brian Miller (guitar, bouzouki, backing vocals).
201110#1
[FullSt 1] FullSet. Notes at Liberty. Seán McCarthy (pipes, whistle), Michael Harrison (fiddle), Janine Redmond (accordion), Teresa Horgan (vocals, flute), Eamonn Moloney (bodhrán), Andrew Meaney (guitar).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Martin Wynne's
BB 1, BB 6
Bonnie Ann
SK 1
Skylark
PMcG 1
Toss the Feathers
CTL 3
George White's Favourite
Lgcy
Bird in the Bush
MCnnly
Boys of the Lough
MHyDLd 1
Bruach na Carraige Báine
Girsa 1
Yellow Tinker
MCnDMn
Rossinver Reel
2TapTrio
Played beforeOn Albums
Tie the Bonnet
FD 1, FTIM, 4IC
Paddy Lynn's Delight
JB 2
Paddy Kelly's
DMeehan
Buckley's Fancy
MHyDLd 1
Hold the Reins
2TapTrio

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 #42 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #139 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As reel #147 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #25 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As reel #183 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #143 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1970