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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1926 | 21#1 | [WW 2] The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 2. Joseph Tansey (fiddle). |
~1950 | 8#1 | [JDJO] Joe Derrane and Jerry O'Brien. Irish Accordion Masters. Joe Derrane (accordion), Jerry O'Brien (accordion). For this tune: O'Brien, Derrane. |
1965 | 7#1 | [TKrny] Tommy Kearney. The Master Pipers. Volume 2. Tommy Kearney (pipes). For this tune: with Jimmy Power (fiddle). |
1978 | B.3#1 | [ECahill] Eddie Cahill. Ah! Surely. Eddie Cahill (flute). |
~1978 | B.1#1 | [NF] Joe Shannon, Johnny McGreevy. The Noonday Feast. Joe Shannon (pipes), Johnny McGreevy (fiddle). |
~1990 | 1.1#2 | [HamHam] Hammy Hamilton. The Moneymusk. Hammy Hamilton (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute), with Connie (fiddle). |
~1992 | 1#3 | [PMcG 1] Paul McGrattan. The Frost Is All Over. Paul McGrattan (flute, whistle). |
~1994 | 15#2 | [CmA 1] The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. Tom McGowan (fiddle). |
~1997 | 10#1 | [Sol 2] Solas. Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers. Karan Casey (vocals), John Doyle (guitar, mandocello, vocals), Seamus Egan (flute, banjo, whistle, mandolin, guitar, bodhrán, percussion), Winifred Horan (fiddle), John Williams (accordion, concertina). For this tune: 1st time Seamus (flute). |
~1999 | 3#2 | [HB 1] Harry Bradley. Bad Turns and Horse-Shoe Bends. Harry Bradley (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute). |
2002 | 3#2 (1:41) | [Ch DOPR] The Chieftains. Down the Old Plank Road / The Nashville Sessions. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, keyboards). |
~2003 | 5#1 | [MMlvy] Mick Mulvey. Within a Mile o' Jamestown. Mick Mulvey (flute). For this tune: (D flute), with Brian Rooney (fiddle). |
~2007 | 11#2 | [Hmdgr] Paul Brock and Enda Scahill. Humdinger. Paul Brock (accordion), Enda Scahill (banjo, mandolin). |
~2015 | 12#3 | [CEgan] Claire Egan. Turning Tides. Claire Egan (fiddle). |
~2016 | 1#2 | [MOhAn] Micheál Ó hAlmhain. Tuile agus Trá. The Flowing Tide. Micheál Ó hAlmhain (flute). |
~2016 | 11#2 | [ACnly 1] Aidan Connolly. Be Off. Aidan Connolly (fiddle, banjo). |
~2018 | 2.11#1 | [MuMayo] Music of Mayo. Ceol Mhaigh Eo. John McEvilly (fiddle). |