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Tune ID#1650 (Ragged Hank of Yarn)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Ragged Hank of Yarn about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording PitS (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABD Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Ragged Hank of Yarn, The / Farewell to Connacht / Slán le Connachta / The Maid of Erin / Sporting Nell (3rd in set Paddy in the Smoke on MMcG 3) (also in Dorian, also doubled) (compare Gorman's #962)
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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).
19676#1
[PitS] Paddy in the Smoke. Bobby Casey (fiddle).
~197516#2
[BC 4] Bobby Casey. Maestro. Bobby Casey (fiddle).
~19771.1#2
[BC 2] Bobby Casey. Taking Flight. Bobby Casey (fiddle).
19994#1
[RBys 2] Randal Bays. The Salmon's Leap. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar). For this tune: 1st time John (accordion).
~20068#3
[MMcG 3] Michael McGoldrick. Wired. Michael McGoldrick (flute, whistle, pipes, mandolin, bodhrán). For this tune: (flute, pipes).
~201211#3
[IvyLf] The Ivy Leaf. Traditional Irish Music. Daniel Accardi (fiddle, concertina), Armand Aromin (fiddle, whistle), Caroline O'Shea (flute, whistle, vocals), Lindsay Straw (bouzouki, guitar, vocals).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Cill Beathach
BC 4
Tuttle's Reel
BC 2
Crosses of Annagh
MMcG 3
Return to Camden Town
IvyLf
Played beforeOn Albums
Rolling in the Barrel
RBys 2

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 #98 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [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): 1967