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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#132 (Bean Pháidín)

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Type ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Song16ABG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Bean Pháidín / Bean Phaidín / Bean Paidín / [misspelled as:] Bean Phaidón / The Wife of Páidín (4th in set Carraig na Siúre on PMcDna) (also as slip jig, in G or C or D)
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Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~195115#1
[AL] World Library of Folk and Primitive Music: Ireland. Colm Keane / Colm Ó Caoidheán.
19571.1#1
[SltSdt] Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. Seán 'ac Dhonncha.
19738#1
[Plx 2] Planxty. The Well below the Valley. Unidentified on this reissue, but: Liam O'Flynn, Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, Christy Moore. For this tune: [unidentified guest] (vocals).
~19799#1
[Plx 4] Planxty. Collection. Unidentified on this reissue.
~199811#1
[JOCBM] Johnny Óg Connolly and Brian McGrath. Dreaming up the Tunes. Johnny Óg Connolly (accordion), Brian McGrath (banjo). For this tune: Johnny (accordion).
~200610#2
[HB 3] Harry Bradley. The Night-Rambler's Companion. Harry Bradley (flute, whistle). For this tune: with Emmett Gill (pipes).
~20136#2
[JAbrt 1] Joey Abarta. Swimming against the Falls. Snámh in aghaidh easa. Joey Abarta (pipes).
20171#2
[Trioc] Trioc. A Fair Wind. Allan Evans (harp, whistle, flute), Matthew Horsley (C pipes, flute), Cameron Hibbs (fiddle).
~20172#1
[UI 1] Usher's Island. Usher's Island. Andy Irvine (vocals, mandola, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, baritone bouzouki, bodhrán, keyboards), Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Mike McGoldrick (flute, pipes, whistle), John Doyle (vocals, guitar, bouzouki). For this tune: Dónal (vocals).
20189#4
[PMcDna] Páraic Mac Donnchadha. Not Before Time... 39 Years in the Making! Thar Am. Páraic Mac Donnchadha (banjo). For this tune: with Mac Dara Mac Donncha (C pipes).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Repeal of the Union		HB 3
Last Night's Fun		JAbrt 1
Top It Off		Trioc
Frieze Breeches		PMcDna
Played beforeOn Albums
Rakish Paddy		Plx 2, Plx 4
Seanamhac Tube Station		JOCBM
Humours of Derrycrosane		JAbrt 1
Snowy Path		Trioc
First Slip		UI 1

Bibliography

I have found zero transcriptions of this song anywhere on the indexed books. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. If you want to actually learn to sing this song, simply learn it from a fellow singer or from a recording listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1951
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