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Tune ID#1582 (Pigtown)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Pigtown about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 2 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Single reel16ABG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Pigtown / Pigtown Fling / Pig Town Fling / Pigtown Reel / The Pigtown Reel / Stoney Point / Wild Horses / Wild Horses at Stoney Point / Wild Horse / Kelton's / Warm Stuff (also as reel, also in A) (compare American tune In the Woodpile / The Cotton Patch / Nigger in the Woodpile included here in book FF)
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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).
19699#1
[Ch 2] The Chieftains. 2. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones), Seán Keane (fiddle). For this tune: Michael Tubridy (flute).
~19921#2
[MMM] Music at Matt Molloy's.
~200618#2
[DCB 1] The Doon Céilí Band. Around the World for Sport. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Kate Dowling (flute), Laura MacKenzie (flute), Brian Miller (flute), Jode Dowling (fiddle), Django Amerson (fiddle), Sean Egan (piano).
201410#2
[SWlsh 5] Séamus Walshe. Turas. Séamus Walshe (accordion). For this tune: with Noel (concertina).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Jackie Coleman's		MMM
Tailor's Thimble		DCB 1
Farewell to Miltown Malbay		SWlsh 5
Played beforeOn Albums
Tie the Ribbons		Ch 2
John Byrth's		DCB 1
Concert Reel		SWlsh 5

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 #7 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 140 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
On pages 267-268 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
On page 85 of [F] S. C. Hamilton. The Irish Flute Player's Handbook.
As tune #20 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): 1969
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