Munster Buttermilk - irishtune.info

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

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).
~1969	12#2	[SatG] Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. The Star above the Garter. Fiddle music from Kerry, played by Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle). For this tune: solo, but performer is not indicated in the printed matter.
1978	B.6#2	[ECahill] Eddie Cahill. Ah! Surely. Eddie Cahill (flute).
1979	10#2	[FVlly 1] Fintan Vallely. Traditional Irish Flute Music. Fintan Vallely (flute).
~1981	1.3#1	[JReidy 3] Johnny Reidy. Full Polka Set. Ireland's Number One. Johnny Reidy (accordion).
1993	1.2#2	[SDI 2] Set Dances of Ireland. Volume II. Denis McMahon (fiddle), Paudy Scully (flute), Timmy O'Connor (melodeon), Michael Tubridy (flute), Tommy McCarthy (concertina), Eamon McGivney (fiddle).
~1995	10#1	[Whr] Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan. The Whirlwind. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Robbie Hannan (pipes). For this tune: Paddy (fiddle).
~1996	7#3	[PS 5] Patrick Street. Cornerboys. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Andy Irvine (vocals, bouzouki, harmonica, mandolin), Ged Foley (guitar, Northumbrian smallpipes).
~1998	21#1	[BG 6] Bobby Gardiner. The Clare Shout. Bobby Gardiner (melodeon, lilting). For this tune: (lilting).
~1998	3#1	[JRSLCB 2] Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band. Music for Set Dancing Vol. II. Johnny Reidy (accordion).
1999	12#2	[AMacN 1] Andrew Mac Namara. Dawn. Andrew Mac Namara (accordion).
2001	12#2	[KHys 1] Kitty Hayes. A Touch of Clare. Kitty Hayes (concertina). For this tune: with Dympna O'Sullivan (concertina).
2001	12#2	[IrHvst] Joe Derrane, Frankie Gavin, Brian McGrath. Ireland's Harvest. Joe Derrane (accordion), Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Brian McGrath (piano).
~2003	1#2	[KLO] Mick O'Brien agus Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. Kitty Lie Over. Mick O'Brien (pipes, whistle), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle, whistle). For this tune: (Bb pipes), (fiddle).
~2003	2#2	[PShvln] Peter Shovlin. Beyond the Wee Strand. Peter Shovlin (fiddle).
~2005	2#1	[JCt 5] John Carty. I Will If I Can. John Carty (banjo, guitar, fiddle). For this tune: (banjo).
~2007	2#3	[GCB 2] The Glenside. Take the Floor with The Glenside. Tom Flood (accordion), Johnny Duffy (banjo), Moyra Fraser (keyboard, vocals), Aidan Flood (drums).
~2008	2#2	[Boh 5] Bohola. Jimmy Keane & Pat Broaders. Jimmy Keane (piano accordion, backing vocals, foot), Pat Broaders (vocals, bouzar, dordan).
~2008	1#2	[KBoyle] Kathleen Boyle. An Cailín Rua. Kathleen Boyle (piano accordion, piano).
~2009	2#1	[MulcFam3] Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy. Reelin' in Tradition. Mick Mulcahy (accordion, melodeon), Louise Mulcahy (flute, pipes), Michelle Mulcahy (concertina, fiddle, harp, piano).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Munster Jig	SatG, SDI 2
Kitty Lie Over	KLO, GCB 2
Lilting Banshee	ECahill
Battering Ram	FVlly 1
Billy McCormick	PS 5
Gillan's Apples	AMacN 1
Lark on the Strand	KHys 1
Off She Goes	IrHvst
Mist-Covered Mountain	PShvln
Trip to London	KBoyle

Played before	On Albums
Tripping Up the Stairs	JReidy 3, JRSLCB 2
Humours of Lisheen	SDI 2
Sweet Biddy Daly	Whr
Kilfenora Jig	JCt 5
Out on the Ocean	Boh 5
[untitled]	KBoyle
Sheep in the Boat	MulcFam3

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.
On page 29 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #43 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
On page 186 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As jig #4 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As misc #25 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 30 of [T] Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition. [available]
As tune #16 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
On page 98 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 168 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As tune #242 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
As tune #41 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session 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): 1958

Tune ID#1373 (Munster Buttermilk)

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Bibliography