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Tune ID#1314 (Miss Ramsey)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Miss Ramsey about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Whr (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32ABCBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Miss Ramsey / Miss Ramsey's Reel / Miss Ramsey's / Miss Ramsay / Miss Ramsays / Lady Ramsey's Reel / Lady Mary Ramsey / Iníon Ramsey / The Queen's Shilling / Kilkenny Boys / Johnny Doherty's / McDonagh's (1st in set The Maids of Mullaghmore on DD 9; 1st in set The Chorus Reels on Srnd; 2nd in set The Rambles of Kitty on JMcSh 1; 4th in set Marches and Reels on ECoyKD; 1st in set Miss Ramsay's on FullSt 3) (often with an intro of parts AB; also structure ABAC or just AB; also with a final coda of an additional part 'D' on Whr; also in G) (compare as strathspey/highland #3906)
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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).
~19856#1
[TP 8] Tommy Peoples. Waiting for a Call. Tommy Peoples (fiddle). For this tune: with Sean Og Potts (pipes).
~19884#3
[KSG] Kevin and Séamus Glackin. Na Saighneáin. Northern Lights. Kevin Glackin (fiddle), Séamus Glackin (fiddle).
19902#1
[MissReel] Séamus McGuire, John Lee. The Missing Reel. An Ríl ar Lár. Séamus McGuire (fiddle, viola), John Lee (flute).
199117#3
[FS] Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. Ciaran Tourish, Dermot McLaughlin, Tommy Peoples, Séamus Gibson, Séamus Glackin, Kevin Glackin.
19912#2
[FS] Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. Ciaran Tourish, Dermot McLaughlin, Séamus Glackin, Kevin Glackin.
~199112#1
[DD 9] De Dannan. 1/2 Set in Harlem. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute, whistle, piano), Aidan Coffey (accordion), Alec Finn (bouzouki, guitar, harmonica), Eleanor Shanley (vocals), Colm Murphy (bodhrán).
~19918#3
[TKn] Tommy Keane. The Piper's Apron. Tommy Keane (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes).
~19932#1
[JMd 1] Joanie Madden. A Whistle on the Wind. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle).
~19937#1
[GL1] The Dance Music of Ireland. Jigs and Reels. Joanie Madden (whistle).
~19955#1
[Whr] Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan. The Whirlwind. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Robbie Hannan (pipes). For this tune: (B pipes), (fiddle).
200612#3
[MOR 2] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Inside Out. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
~20068#1
[Srnd] Mick McAuley and Winifred Horan. Serenade. Mick McAuley (accordion, vocals, whistle, bodhrán, keyboards, percussion, guitar), Winifred Horan (fiddle, vocals). For this tune: Mick McAuley (accordion).
~20106#2
[JMcSh 1] John McSherry. Soma. John McSherry (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes).
~20104#1
[NcGvsky] NicGaviskey. Home away from Home. Sean Gavin (flute), Bernadette Nic Gabhann (fiddle), Caitlín Nic Gabhann (concertina), Sean McComiskey (accordion). For this tune: Sean G. (flute).
~20133#4
[ECoyKD] Éamonn Coyne and Kris Drever. Storymap. Éamonn Coyne (banjo, guitar), Kris Drever (guitar, vocals, mandolin). For this tune: with Simon Bradley (fiddle).
~20156#3
[JPmpls] Jayne Pomplas. Jayne Pomplas. Traditional Irish Music on Fiddle. Jayne Pomplas (fiddle). For this tune: with Cillian Vallely (pipes).
~20161#1
[FullSt 3] FullSet. Notes between the Lines. Janine Redmond (accordion), Marianne Knight (flute, vocals), Martino Vacca (pipes, whistle, backing vocals), Michael Harrison (fiddle, cello, backing vocals), Andrew Meaney (guitar), Eamonn Moloney (bodhrán, percussion, backing vocals).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Stirling Castle
KSG, FS
McFarley's
FS
Limestone Rock
TKn
Fair-Haired Boy
MOR 2
Kitty's Rambles
JMcSh 1
Behind the Ditch in Páirc Anna
ECoyKD
Choice Wife
JPmpls
Played beforeOn Albums
Seán sa Cheo
JMd 1, GL1
John Blessing's
MissReel
Maid of Mullaghmore
DD 9
Sailor's Cravat
Whr
Launching the Boat
TP 8
Ivy Leaf
MOR 2
Hughie Travers'
Srnd
Killavil Fancy
NcGvsky
Finbar Dwyer's
JMcSh 1
Mullin's Fancy
FullSt 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 #1536 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #752 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #288 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As tune #95 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
On page 159 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As reel #445 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As reel #221 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #132 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): 1903