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Tune ID#1733 (Scotsman over the Border)

These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording GD (details in the Discography below).

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

Basic musical information on this tune.

Rhythm ?

Bars

8-bar phrase structure

Mode ?

Double jig

AABB

D Major

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Scotsman over the Border, The / Scotsman over the Border / The Scotchman over the Border / Scotchman over the Border / Scotch Come over the Border / Over the Border / Blue Bonnets over the Border / The Blue Bonnets / Blue Bonnets Jig / Mist in the Glen / The Mist in the Glen / Mist on the Meadow / The Mist on the Meadow / The Carraroe Jig / The Beaus of Albany / The Braes of Auchtertyre / The Belles of Tipperary / Dublin Streets / O Dear Minnie (What Shall I Do?) / O Dear Mother (What Shall I Do?) (mislabeled as Ward's Jig on original record copied on ITWWW; 1st in set The Scotsman over the Border on Sunshn; for 3rd figure of Taille Mhara Jig Set on MISD 7) (compare Carraroe Jig #282 and Blue Bonnets Jig #182)

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).
1923	15#2	[ITWWW] "If There Weren't Any Women in the World". Mrs. Redie Johnston (melodeon).
~1933	11#1	[Sunshn] "Sunshine". Edward 'Eddie' Meehan (whistle), unknown (fiddle).
1934	14#1	[GD] From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. Paddy Killoran (fiddle).
1954	1.2#1	[JV] John Vesey. Sligo Fiddler. John Vesey (fiddle). For this tune: with Austin Kelly (fiddle).
1977	13#1	[MBP] Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples. Matt Molloy. Paul Brady. Tommy Peoples. Matt Molloy (flute), Paul Brady (guitar, vocals), Tommy Peoples (fiddle). For this tune: Matt Molloy (flute).
1978	2#1	[EOD] Eugene O'Donnell. Slow Airs and Set Dances. Eugene O'Donnell (fiddle).
1978	9#1	[NHTL] Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony Linnane (fiddle).
~1981	2.2#2	[LinL] Charlie Lennon and Mick O'Connor. Lucky in Love. Charlie Lennon (fiddle), Mick O'Connor (flute).
~1983	2#1	[JMcKllp] Jim McKillop, Josephine Keegan. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. Jim McKillop (fiddle), Josephine Keegan (piano).
1986	5#2	[TJC] Frankie Gavin and Paul Brock. Ómós do Joe Cooley. A Tribute to Joe Cooley. Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Paul Brock (accordion).
~1992	18#1	[MMM] Music at Matt Molloy's. Jimmy Murray (flute), Jimmy Murphy (fiddle), Peter Horan (fiddle).
~1996	11#2	[CmA 3] The Open Door. The Coleman Archive Volume 3. Alfie Joe Dineen (accordion).
~1996	1.3#2	[MISD 6] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 6. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar).
~1996	B.3#2	[MISD 7] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 7. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar).
~1999	4#2	[JOH 1] John O'Halloran. "But Why, Johnny?". John O'Halloran (accordion). For this tune: (D melodeon).
~1999	8#1	[MtRd] The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. Jim Murphy (fiddle), James Murray (flute), with Kevin Brehony (piano).
2001	12#1	[JCrv] John Creaven. The Story So Far. John Creaven (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute).
~2002	4#3	[BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle).
2004	1#2	[SGrant] Seamus Grant. Traditional Fiddle Playing from Inishowen. Seamus Grant (fiddle).
~2004	1#2	[MRaf] Mike Rafferty. Speed 78. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes). For this tune: (flute), with Mary (accordion).
2011	4#2	[IFMCK] Connie O'Connell. Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry. Connie O'Connell (fiddle).

Played after	On Albums
My Darling Asleep	MISD 6, MISD 7
Ward's Jig	ITWWW
Kesh Jig	LinL
Clancy's Jig	TJC
Frost Is All Over	CmA 3
Queen of the Fair	JOH 1
Contentment Is Wealth	BCw 1
Paddy in London	SGrant
Templehouse Jig	MRaf
East at Glendart	IFMCK

Played after

On Albums

MISD 6, MISD 7

ITWWW

LinL

TJC

CmA 3

JOH 1

Contentment Is Wealth

BCw 1

Paddy in London

SGrant

Templehouse Jig

MRaf

East at Glendart

IFMCK

Played before	On Albums
Tenpenny Bit	GD, JV, MMM, MtRd, JCrv
Tom Billy's	NHTL, MISD 6
Humours of Ennistymon	EOD, SGrant
Trip to Sligo	Sunshn
Killavil Jig	MBP
Knights of St. Patrick	JMcKllp

Played before

On Albums

Tenpenny Bit

GD, JV, MMM, MtRd, JCrv

Tom Billy's

NHTL, MISD 6

Humours of Ennistymon

EOD, SGrant

Trip to Sligo

Sunshn

Killavil Jig

MBP

Knights of St. Patrick

JMcKllp

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 233 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As tune #89 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As jig #5 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
On page 27 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
On page 118 of [IFMCK] Drew Beisswenger. Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry. [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?

Tune ID#1733 (Scotsman over the Border)

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