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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1935 | 17#2 | [WW 2] The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 2. James Morrison (fiddle). |
~1975 | 2.9#1 | [FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. John Whelan (accordion). |
~1975 | 3#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: John Whelan (accordion). |
~1976 | 2#1 | [MM 1] Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute). |
~1979 | 10#1 | [FR] Joe Burke, Andy McGann, and Felix Dolan. The Funny Reel. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), Andy McGann (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano). For this tune: Andy McGann. |
~1979 | 8#2 | [MB 1] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin. Traditional Irish Music on the Tin Whistle. Mary Bergin (whistle). For this tune: (Eb whistle). |
~1980 | 3#1 | [JKn 2] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion). |
~1980 | 2.13#1 | [GL20] Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. James Keane (accordion). |
~1989 | 1#4 | [BlaMrl] P.J. agus Marcus Hernon. Béal a' Mhurlaigh. P.J. Hernon (accordion, melodeon), Marcus Hernon (flute). For this tune: (accordion), (flute). |
~1991 | 17#2 | [TrsCl] Turas Cheoil. A Musical Odyssey: A compilation of music from the traditional musicians of Toronto. Joe Byrne (Eb flute), Kevin Finnegan (accordion), David Papazian (fiddle), Brian Taheny (fiddle). |
~1995 | 2#1 | [CmA 1] The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. Pake Dwyer (whistle). |
~1996 | 14#2 | [ST ES] Seamus Tansey. Easter Snow. Seamus Tansey (flute). |
~1997 | 17#3 | [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). |
1999 | 11#2 | [CHydn 2] Cathal Hayden. Cathal Hayden. Cathal Hayden (fiddle, banjo). For this tune: (fiddle). |
~1999 | 3#2 | [DzDnly 1] Dezi Donnelly. Familiar Footsteps. Dezi Donnelly (fiddle). |
2000 | 3#2 | [ACB 1] The Abbey Céilí Band. Bruach an tSuláin. Ger Murphy (accordion), Andrew O'Connell (fiddle), Liam Forde (banjo), Micheál Creedon (bass, keyboards). |
2001 | 5#2 | [KHys 1] Kitty Hayes. A Touch of Clare. Kitty Hayes (concertina). |
~2001 | 2#1 | [FG 6] Frankie Gavin. Fierce Traditional. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute). For this tune: (fiddle). |
~2002 | 2#1 | [ECoy 1] Éamonn Coyne. Through the Round Window. Éamonn Coyne (banjo, guitar, mandolin). For this tune: with Michael McGoldrick (F flute). |
~2003 | 12#1 | [TapRT] The Tap Room Trio. The Tap Room Trio. Harry Bradley (flute, piccolo), Jesse Smith (fiddle), John Blake (guitar, piano, flute). |
~2006 | 1.15#1 | [WFO 3] Wooden Flute Obsession 3. Seamus Mac Conaonaigh (flute). |
2007 | 7#3 | [KHys 2] Kitty Hayes. Remembered. In Concert in Glór and Bantry House. Kitty Hayes (concertina). For this tune: with Martin Hayes (fiddle). |
~2007 | 10#2 | [OMcA] Oisín McAuley. Far from the Hills of Donegal. Oisín McAuley (fiddle, guitar). |
~2007 | 9#3 | [KB ABR] Kevin Burke and Cal Scott. Across the Black River. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Cal Scott (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, mountain dulcimer). |