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Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Double jig	32	AABB	A Dorian

Discography

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).
1922	15#1	[IFM] Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. Jim Morrison (fiddle).
1928	2#1	[IDM 1] Irish Dance Music. Michael Cashin (fiddle), Tom Doyle (flute).
1929	2.24#2	[PJConlon] Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929. Peter J. Conlon (melodeon).
1938	16#2	[OTPR] Oldtime Records. Vol. 3. Piping Rarities. Leo Rowsome (pipes).
1952	10#1	[KF] Padraig O'Keefe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford. Kerry Fiddles. Padraig O'Keefe (fiddle), Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle). For this tune: O'Keeffe, Murphy, Clifford.
~1978	7#2	[Blasket] Beauty an Oileáin. Music and Song of the Blasket Islands. Tomás Ó Dálaigh (fiddle).
1979	3#1	[FVlly 1] Fintan Vallely. Traditional Irish Flute Music. Fintan Vallely (flute).
~1979	12#2	[MOC 1] Martin O'Connor. The Connachtman's Rambles. Martin O'Connor (accordion).
~1981	1.2#2	[LinL] Charlie Lennon and Mick O'Connor. Lucky in Love. Charlie Lennon (fiddle), Mick O'Connor (flute). For this tune: 1st time Charlie (fiddle).
~1986	17#2	[HMSP] Joe Burke, Michael Cooney, Terry Corcoran. Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part. Joe Burke (accordion), Michael Cooney (pipes, whistle), Terry Corcoran (guitar, vocals).
1987	28#2	[WmSullvn] William Sullivan. Traditional Irish Music. William Sullivan (accordion).
~1993	9#1	[Shskn 6] Shaskeen. My Love Is in America. Tom Cussen (banjo), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán), Sean Conway (flute, whistle, guitar, vocals), Charlie Harris (accordion), Kevin Rohan (fiddle, vocals).
~1994	11#4	[NMCMM] The Northern Meeting. Celtic Music in Milwaukee.
~1997	9#1	[SHernon] Seán Hernon. An Nóra Bheag. Seán Hernon (Eb whistle, banjo).
1999	14#3	[JWh 8] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion).
2000	2.5#1	[LaL] Lámh ar Lámh. Many Hands. various.
~2003	5#2	[KitRec] Seán O'Driscoll and Larry Egan. The Kitchen Recordings. Seán O'Driscoll (banjo, bouzouki), Larry Egan (accordion).
~2008	10#1	[TndUp] Brendan Mulholland, Brendan Hendry, Paul McSherry. Tuned Up. Brendan Mulholland (flute), Brendan Hendry (fiddle), Paul McSherry (guitar).
~2012	8#1	[MORDOM] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh and Danny O' Mahony. As It Happened. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina), Danny O' Mahony (accordion).
2016	5#3	[NaMny] Na Mooneys. Na Mooneys. Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (fiddle), Anna Ní Mhaonaigh (whistle, vocals), Gearóid Ó Maonaigh (guitar), Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals).
~2016	10#3	[MOhAn] Micheál Ó hAlmhain. Tuile agus Trá. The Flowing Tide. Micheál Ó hAlmhain (flute).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part	MOC 1, HMSP
Contentment Is Wealth	PJConlon
Jackson's Morning Brush	OTPR
Mist on the Meadow	LinL
Contentment Is Wealth	WmSullvn
Irish Washerwoman	Blasket
Haste to the Wedding	NMCMM
Leitrim Fancy	JWh 8
Tom Billy's	KitRec
Connaughtman's Rambles	NaMny
Humours of Lisheen	MOhAn

Played before	On Albums
Butcher's March	IFM, IDM 1, LinL, Shskn 6, SHernon
Maid on the Green	KF
High Jig	FVlly 1
Fairy Dance	Blasket
Cooley's	NMCMM
Lilting Fisherman	LaL
Port Chúil Aodha	KitRec
Scatter the Mud	TndUp
Cooley's	MORDOM

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 #305 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #128 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #40 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
On page 28 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #57 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 231 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As misc #24 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 25 of [T] Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition. [available]
As tune #39 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #86 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 96 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 167 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #81 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1907

Tune ID#1361 (Paddy in London)

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Bibliography