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Tune ID#1587 (Piper on Horseback)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Piper on Horseback about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MLIIA (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABA Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Piper on Horseback, The / The Fair Haired Lass / The Dark Haired Lass / Jig away the Donkey / Mick's Jig away the Donkey / Mick Hoy's / Ciaran Kelly's / The Merry Harriers (1st in set On Horseback on EI 2; 4th in set Piper on Horseback on LMcK 1) (also in D; reversed parts in book 1850 and on GCttr) (also with 1st part in Mixolydian mode) (compare reversed parts to Merry Harriers #1273)
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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).
199015#2
~19902.4#1
[HamHam] Hammy Hamilton. The Moneymusk. Hammy Hamilton (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute).
19951#1
[EI 2] Eileen Ivers. Wild Blue. Eileen Ivers (fiddle), John Doyle (guitar), Tom 'T-Bone' Wolk (organ, accordion, guitar, bass), Ben Wittman (drums), Kimati Dinizulu (percussion).
19951.9#1
~20011.18#1
[WFO 1] Wooden Flute Obsession. Hammy Hamilton (flute).
~20026#1
[GCttr] Geraldine Cotter. Piano+. Geraldine Cotter (piano, whistle). For this tune: (piano).
20031#4
[LLses 2] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Track Across the Deep. Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Dee Havlin (flute, whistle), Maureen Linane (accordion), Kathleen O'Sullivan (vocals).
~200313#4
[LMcK 1] Laura MacKenzie. Laura and the Lads. Laura MacKenzie (flute, whistle, concertina, vocals), Brian Miller (guitar). For this tune: (flute).
~200612#3
[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).
~20102#2
[2TapTrio] The Two Tap Trio. A Night at the Fair. Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Norah Rendell (flute, vocals), Brian Miller (guitar, bouzouki, backing vocals).
~201111#2
[JigAtD] Gerry O'Connor, Gabriel McArdle, Martin Quinn. Jig Away the Donkey. Music and Song of South Ulster. Gerry O'Connor (fiddle), Gabriel McArdle (concertina), Martin Quinn (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Siobhán O'Donnell's
MLIIA
Paddy Taylor's
LLses 2
Old Torn Petticoat I Bought in Mullingar
LMcK 1
Anderson's Reel
DCB 1
I Wish I Never Saw You
2TapTrio
Boys of 25
JigAtD
Played beforeOn Albums
Bonnie Anne
HamHam, WFO 1
Jenny's Chickens
EI 2, GL20
Tailor's Thimble
GCttr
Humours of Bolton Street
2TapTrio
Jig Away the Donkey
JigAtD

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 #1338 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #558 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As reel #669 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): 1903