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Tune ID#1472 (Hag's Purse)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Hag's Purse about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MvC 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBD Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Hag's Purse, The / The Hags Purse / The Old Woman's Purse of Money / Sparán Airgid na Caillí / Hags Purse / The Diamond Jig / Diamond Jig / The Butcher's Jig / Lough Gowna / Roscommon Jig / The Roscommon Jig / Roscommon / Tumble the Tinker / The Tulla Jig / Seán Coughlin's / Cuz Teahan's Delight (2nd in set The Ballinamuck Jig on LHGBoys; 2nd in set Ballycar Jigs on MHyDLd 1; 3rd in set Gaelic Park on NNC 3; 3rd in set The Sheep in the Boat on Frwhlr) (also in G Major) (compare Tynagh Jig #2381)
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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).
19268#2
[LHGBoys] "Let Her Go Boys!". Frank Quinn (melodeon).
~19762.4#1
[DD 2] De Danann. Selected Jigs Reels and Songs. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute, whistle), Charlie Piggot (banjo, melodeon, mandolin, whistle, bouzouki), Johnny Moynihan (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, whistle, harmonica), Alec Finn (bouzouki), Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh (bodhrán, bones).
~19875#1
[JJCasey] John Joe Casey. The Tiermaclane Fancy. John Joe Casey (concertina).
19943#1
[MvC 1] Moving Cloud. Moving Cloud. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute and percussion), Carl Hession (piano).
199613#1
[TCB 3] The Tulla Ceili Band. A Celebration of 50 Years. P. J. Hayes (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Francis Donnellan (fiddle), Mark Donnellan (fiddle), J. J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), Jim Corry (piano), Michael Flanigan (drums).
20038#2
[MHyDLd 1] Michael Hynes and Denis Liddy. Waifs and Strays. Michael Hynes (flute), Denis Liddy (fiddle).
20061#1
[MOR 2] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Inside Out. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
20065#1
[TCB 4] The Tulla Céilí Band. 60th Anniversary Celebration. Mark Donnellan (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Jim Corry (piano), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), J.J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Martin Glynn (flute), Mick Flanagan (drums).
~20084#1
[Fngl 1] Fingal. Fingal. James Keane (accordion), Randal Bays (fiddle), Dáithí Sproule (guitar, vocals).
~20105#3
[MoMad] Brendan Begley and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. A Moment of Madness. Brendan Begley (accordion), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle, hardanger fiddle).
20129#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 Jimmy Keane (piano accordion).
~20156#3
[Frwhlr] Dougal Adams, Ado Barker, Ben Stephenson. The Freewheeler. Dougal Adams (flute), Ado Barker (fiddle), Ben Stephenson (guitar, flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Rory O'Moore		LHGBoys
Killimor Jig		MHyDLd 1
Munster Jig		MoMad
Gaelic Park		NNC 3
Tommy Mulhaire's		Frwhlr
Played beforeOn Albums
Butcher's March		TCB 3, TCB 4
Do You Want Any More?		DD 2
Maid on the Green		MvC 1
Stolen Purse		MHyDLd 1
Piper's Chair		MOR 2
Sturgeon		Fngl 1

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 #34 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
As jig #40 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 54 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As jig #45 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As jig #26 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.
As sgjig #21 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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): 1926
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