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). |
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1937 | 2.14#1 | [JMcK] John McKenna. The Music and Life of John McKenna. 'The Buck from the Mountain'. John McKenna (flute, whistle, lilting, vocals). For this tune: (flute), with Eddie Meehan (flute), Larry Redican (fiddle). |
1941 | 2#1 | [Sunshn] "Sunshine". Lough Gill Quartette: John 'Jakes' Cawley (flute), Sarah Hobbs (fiddle), Sonny Brogan (accordion), Bill Harte (accordion). |
~1954 | 8#1 | [POB] Paddy O'Brien. 1922-1991. Paddy O'Brien (accordion). |
~1958 | 35#1 | [TDMI] Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. The Jimmy Hogan Trio. |
~1959 | 9#1 | [AIC1] Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peadar O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty. An Historic Recording of Irish Traditional Music from County Clare and East Galway. Paddy Canny (fiddle), P.J. Hayes (fiddle). |
~1959 | 8#1 | [AIC2] Paddy Canny. Meet Paddy Canny. All-Ireland Champion - Violin. Paddy Canny (fiddle). For this tune: with P.J. Hayes. |
~1976 | 3#1 | [ST KCF] Séamus Tansey. King of the Concert Flute. Remastered. Séamus Tansey (flute). |
1977 | 4#1 | [MBP] Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples. Matt Molloy. Paul Brady. Tommy Peoples. Matt Molloy (flute), Paul Brady (guitar, vocals), Tommy Peoples (fiddle). For this tune: Tommy Peoples (fiddle). |
~1977 | 2.3#1 | [NaF 5] Na Filí. Chanter's Tune. Unidentified on this reissue, but from the original: Tomás Ó Canainn (pipes, vocals), Tom Barry (whistles, flute), Matt Cranitch (fiddle). For this tune: 1st time Matt (fiddle). |
1978 | 16#1 | [KKgn] Kevin Keegan. The Music of Kevin Keegan. Kevin Keegan (accordion). For this tune: with (banjo). |
~1979 | 34#1 | [CmA 1] The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. Jim Donoghue (C whistle). |
1985 | 14#2 | [Kn] Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon. In Knocknagree. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony MacMahon (accordion). |
~1985 | 8#2 | [Ch BIH] The Chieftains. Music from "Ballad of the Irish Horse". Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle). |
~1990 | 7#2 | [JWh 2] John Whelan. From the Heart. Traditional Irish Music. John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: with Séamus Connolly (fiddle). |
~1992 | 4#1 | [CR 1] Craobh Rua. The More That's Said the Less the Better. Mark Donnelly (pipes, whistle), Michael Cassidy (fiddle), Brian Connolly (banjo, mandolin, bodhrán), Jim Byrne (guitar, mandola, vocals). For this tune: 1st time Mark Donnelly (pipes). |
~1997 | 4#1 | [NMllgn 2] Neil Mulligan. The Leitrim Thrush. Neil Mulligan (C# pipes). |
1998 | 2#1 | [JKn 5] James Keane. Sweeter as the Years Roll By. James Keane (accordion). |
1998 | 15#2 | [JWh 6] John Whelan. Come to Dance. John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: with Jim Eagan (fiddle). |
1999 | 12#2 | [Dnu 2] Danú. Think before You Think. Tom Doorley (flute, whistle), Eamon Doorley (bouzouki, mandola), Brendan McCarthy (accordion), Jesse Smith (fiddle, viola), Noel Ryan (guitar), Donnchadh Gough (bodhrán, pipes), Ciarán Ó Gealbháin (vocals). |
~1999 | 4#1 | [CODnl 1] Colm O'Donnell. Farewell to Evening Dances. Colm O'Donnell (flute, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (Bb whistle). |
~1999 | 10#2 | [DzDnly 1] Dezi Donnelly. Familiar Footsteps. Dezi Donnelly (fiddle). |
2000 | 2.10#1 | [LaL] Lámh ar Lámh. Many Hands. Tom Mc Gorman (flute), Catherine Mc Evoy (flute). |
~2000 | 1#1 | [BMcNmr 1] Brian McNamara. A Piper's Dream. Brian McNamara (pipes). For this tune: (C pipes). |
2001 | 10#1 | [TrsCl] Turas Cheoil. A Musical Odyssey: A compilation of music from the traditional musicians of Toronto. Ena O'Brien (accordion), with Pat O'Gorman (flute). |
2002 | 2#1 | [ACC] Aidan McMahon and Anthony Quigney. A Clare Conscience. Aidan McMahon (fiddle), Anthony Quigney (flute). |
~2002 | 11#1 | [RBPOL 2] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. Touch Me If You Dare. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle, flute). For this tune: (pipes), (fiddle). |
2003 | 5#4 | [CSmth] Chris Smith with Roger Landes and Randal Bays. Coyotebanjo. Chris Smith (banjo, mandola, mandolin, field organ), Roger Landes (bouzouki), Randal Bays (fiddle). |
~2003 | 1.10#2 | [WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Duncan Davidson (flute). |
2005 | 9#2 | [TMacMn 3] Tony Mac Mahon, Steve Cooney. Scaoil Amach an Pocaide. Live in Spiddal. Tony Mac Mahon (accordion), Steve Cooney (guitar). |
2005 | 1#1 | [KHPL] Kitty Hayes and Peter Laban. They'll Be Good Yet. Kitty Hayes (concertina), Peter Laban (C pipes). |
~2007 | 4#2 | [NNC 1] Niamh Ní Charra. Ón Dá Thaobh. From Both Sides. Niamh Ní Charra (fiddle, concertina). For this tune: (concertina). |
~2008 | 2#3 | [TndUp] Brendan Mulholland, Brendan Hendry, Paul McSherry. Tuned Up. Brendan Mulholland (flute), Brendan Hendry (fiddle), Paul McSherry (guitar). |
~2008 | 13#1 | [JByrne 2] James Byrne. The Beirneach. Field Recordings of Donegal Fiddler James Byrne. James Byrne (fiddle). |
2011 | 8#1 | [MDORlgh] MacDara Ó Raghallaigh. Ego Trip. MacDara Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle). |
~2011 | 14#1 | [DOMhny 1] Danny O' Mahony. In Retrospect. Danny O' Mahony (accordion). For this tune: (B/C accordion). |
~2014 | 14#1 | [DOSlvn 2] Dympna O'Sullivan. Enriched. Saibhriú. Dympna O'Sullivan (concertina). For this tune: with Willie Kelly (fiddle). |
~2015 | 4#1 | [Frwhlr] Dougal Adams, Ado Barker, Ben Stephenson. The Freewheeler. Dougal Adams (flute), Ado Barker (fiddle), Ben Stephenson (guitar, flute). |