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Tune ID#1626 (Queen of the West)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Queen of the West about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SWlsh 3 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Queen of the West, The / Queen of the West / The Toss Pot (mislabeled as Retour des Hirondelles and Tune for a Found Harmonium on SS 1) (also in F)
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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).
~19914#1
[SS 1] Sharon Shannon. Sharon Shannon. Sharon Shannon (accordion, fiddle).
~19962#2
[SWlsh 3] Seamus Walshe. Clare Accordion. Seamus Walshe (accordion).
~19994#2
[BCB 2] The Bridge Céilí Band. Sparks on Flags. Tom Ahearne (fiddle), Robert Gleeson (fiddle), Karen Gavigan (fiddle), Carthage Daly (fiddle), Catherine McHugh (fiddle), James Kinsella (accordion), Fionnuala Gleeson (flute), Eugene Nolan (flute), Pat O'Meara (piano, synthesizer), Liam McCormack (drums, bodhrán).
20048#1
[RogRd] Jason O'Rourke and Ruadhraí O'Kane. Roguery Road. Jason O'Rourke (concertina), Ruadhraí O'Kane (fiddle).
~20053#1
[JCt 5] John Carty. I Will If I Can. John Carty (banjo, guitar, fiddle). For this tune: (guitar).
20119#1
[MDORlgh] MacDara Ó Raghallaigh. Ego Trip. MacDara Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Stage		SWlsh 3
Quilty Fisherman		BCB 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Mulqueeney's		RogRd
City of Savannah		JCt 5
Golden Eagle		MDORlgh

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.
On page 7 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. [available]
As hp #19 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): 1986
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