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Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Single jig	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).
1940	5#1	[SE 6] Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal. Séamus Ennis (pipes, vocals). For this tune: (C# pipes).
~1978	4#1	[SE 5] Seamus Ennis. The Fox Chase. Seamus Ennis (pipes). For this tune: (C# pipes).
~2002	5#3	[MJCgn] Mary and Jim Coogan. Passing Time. Jim Coogan (accordion), Mary Coogan (banjo, mandolin, guitar).
~2006	5#3	[DCB 1] The Doon Céilí Band. Around the World for Sport. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Kate Dowling (flute), Laura MacKenzie (flute), Brian Miller (flute), Jode Dowling (fiddle), Django Amerson (fiddle), Sean Egan (piano).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Hardiman's Fancy	MJCgn
Behind the Bush in the Garden	DCB 1

Played before	On Albums
Denis Murphy's	SE 5
Drops of Brandy	SE 6

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 #965 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #386 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #35 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 47 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 259 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As tune #223 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As misc #45 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
In [L] Alan's private loose music.
On page 109 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 183 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As slide #29 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #99 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#1785 (Smash the Windows)

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Discography

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Bibliography