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Tune ID#1347 (Mother and Child Reel)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Mother and Child Reel about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MR 5 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Mother and Child Reel, The / The Mother and Child / Mother and Child / The Child and His Mother / Child and His Mother / Peata Beag is a Mháthair / An Peata beag is a Mháthair / Peata Geal do Mháthair / Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir agam / Peata Beag mo Mháthar / Your Mother's Fair Pet / The Yellow Cow / I'm Ready Now! / Our House at Home (also in G, also reversed parts, also as song) (compare Our House at Home #4405)
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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).
~19934#1 (0:31)
[MR 5] Micho Russell. The Wind that Shakes the Barley. Micho Russell (whistle, vocals). For this tune: (C whistle).
~199511#1
[JW 1] John Williams. John Williams. John Williams (accordion, concertina). For this tune: (concertina).
19973#4
[MH 3] Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill. The Lonesome Touch. Martin Hayes (fiddle), Dennis Cahill (guitar).
~19982#2
[MvC 2] Moving Cloud. Foxglove. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán), Carl Hession (piano). For this tune: Paul Brock (accordion), Kevin Crawford (flute).
~200210#2
[GCttr] Geraldine Cotter. Piano+. Geraldine Cotter (piano, whistle). For this tune: Eamon Cotter (flute).
~20041.19#2
[WFO 3] Wooden Flute Obsession 3. Alan Doherty (Eb flute).
~20057#1
[MMhn] Martin Meehan. Three's Company. Martin Meehan (flute, bodhrán). For this tune: (Bb flute).
20063#3
[MOR 2] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Inside Out. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
201415#1
[LLses 5] The London Lasses and Chris O'Malley. The One I Loved the Best. Karen Ryan (fiddle, mandola, banjo, whistle), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Elma McElligott (flute, whistle, saxophone, backing vocal), Brogan McAuliffe (concertina), Brona McVittie (vocal, harp), Chris O'Malley (piano, guitar).
~20161#1
[MOhAn] Micheál Ó hAlmhain. Tuile agus Trá. The Flowing Tide. Micheál Ó hAlmhain (flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Broken Pledge
MH 3
Byrne's Hornpipe
MvC 2
Poll Ha'penny
GCttr
Dream of Home
MOR 2
Cailín na Gruaige Doinne
WFO 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Her Lovely Hair Was Flowing Down Her Back
JW 1
Toss the Feathers
MH 3
Flowers of Redhill
MvC 2
Paddy Taylor's
MMhn
Shoemaker's Daughter
LLses 5
Primrose Lass
MOhAn

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 #259 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As reel #129 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As reel #795 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]

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): 1966