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Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	32	AABB	D Major

Discography

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).
1921	1.11#1	[PJConlon] Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929. Peter J. Conlon (melodeon).
1942	15#1	[GD] From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. Michael Grogan (accordion).
1949	1.15#1	[MDhrty] Mickey Doherty. Garvan Hill - The Fiddle Music of Mickey Doherty. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Mickey Doherty (fiddle).
1971	14#1	[DC1] The Drones and the Chanters. Irish Pipering. Tommy Reck.
~1972	12#1	[TMacMn 1] Tony MacMahon. Tony MacMahon. Tony MacMahon (accordion).
~1987	8#3	[FT] John Whelan, Eileen Ivers. Fresh Takes. John Whelan (accordion), Eileen Ivers (fiddle).
~1992	14#3	[PMcG 1] Paul McGrattan. The Frost Is All Over. Paul McGrattan (flute, whistle). For this tune: (whistle).
~1993	14#1	[JCnly 1] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (melodeon). For this tune: (D melodeon).
1994	15#3	[JDr 1] Joe Derrane with Felix Dolan. Give Us Another. Joe Derrane (accordion), Felix Dolan (piano).
~1997	9#1	[NMllgn 2] Neil Mulligan. The Leitrim Thrush. Neil Mulligan (C# pipes).
~2002	2.1#1	[MSCB] Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton (accordion), Caroline Tubridy (fiddle), Pat Curtin (flute), Brian Morgan (flute), Ralph Morgan (banjo), George Byrt (piano), Martin Garrihy (drums).
~2008	1#2	[TDeM] Tony DeMarco. The Sligo Indians. Tony DeMarco (fiddle).
~2011	10#1	[DLEM] Denis Liddy and Elvie Miller. Tradaree. Denis Liddy (fiddle), Elvie Miller (piano accordion, piano). For this tune: with Rodney Miller (fiddle).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Ormond Sound	FT
Old Bush	PMcG 1
Aran Waves	JDr 1
Bunch of Keys	TDeM

Played before	On Albums
Heather Breeze	TMacMn 1, MSCB
Rights of Man	MDhrty
Bank of Ireland	GD
Mooncoin Reel	JCnly 1
Abbey Reel	NMllgn 2
Dick Gossip's	DLEM

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 #1640 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #867 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #41 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 91 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 46 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. [available]
On page 56 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 94 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #304 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #15 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): 1903

Tune ID#1729 (Scholar)

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Bibliography