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Tune ID#1378 (Cuz Teahan's Favorite)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Cuz Teahan's Favorite about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JDa 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars4-bar phrase structureMode ?
Slide32AABBE Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Cuz Teahan's Favorite / Cuz Teahan's Favourite / Terry "Cuz" Teahan's Favorite / Teehan’s Favourite / Art O'Keeffe's Slide / Art O'Keeffe's / Art O'Keefe's / Baile an tSamhraidh / The Baile an tSamhraidh / Padraig O'Keeffe's [Pádraig O'Keeffe's] / Murphy's (2nd in set Bealach an Doirín on Ch B; 3rd in set The Lonesome Road to Dingle on NNC 3) (also in D Mixolydian) (composed by Terence "Cuz" Teahan in 1915, according only to book SLoP, a claim made dubious by the fact Cuz was born in 1905)
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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).
197715#1
[JDa 1] Jackie Daly. Music from Sliabh Luachra. Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina).
~19781.2#2
[DDoody] Denis Doody. Kerry Music. Denis Doody (accordion).
~19795#2
[Ch B] The Chieftains. 9. Boil the Breakfast Early. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle). For this tune: (C whistles).
19954#2
[DRuss] Dale Russ. Irish Fiddle. Dale Russ (fiddle).
~20028#1
[PS 8] Patrick Street. Street Life. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Ged Foley (guitar, vocals), Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals). For this tune: 1st time Kevin Burke (fiddle).
~20022#1
[SN 3] Sliabh Notes. Along Blackwater's Banks. Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Dónal Murphy (accordion), Tommy O'Sullivan (guitar, vocals).
20121#3
[NNC 3] Niamh Ní Charra. Cuz. A Tribute to Terry "Cuz" Teahan. Niamh Ní Charra (fiddle, concertina, vocals, viola). For this tune: (fiddle), with Dónal Murphy (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Barrack Hill
DDoody
Home Ruler
Ch B
Paudy Scully's
DRuss
Dave Kennedy's Gift
NNC 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Going to the Well for Water
JDa 1
Sweeney's Buttermilk
Ch B
Weavers
DRuss
Star above the Garter
SN 3
Denis O'Keeffe's Slide
PS 8
Nuns' Cuttings
NNC 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 #92 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As tune #39 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As slide #3 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 25 of [SLoP] Paul Deloughery. Sliabh Luachra on Parade. [available]
As slide #89 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): 1970