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Tune ID#1821 (St. Patrick's Day)

Transcription of first 2 bars of St. Patrick's Day about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording LR 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Mode ?
Set danceG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
St. Patrick's Day / Saint Patrick's Day / St Patrick's Day / Patrick's Day / St. Patrick's Day in the Morning / The Knight of Saint Patrick Lancers / Oh! Erin, My Country / Sheelah's Wedding / Though Dark Be Our Sorrows / Barbary Bell (also in A) (compare The Kerry Dance included here and the jigs Old Legacy #4307 and Boys of the Town #211)
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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).
19374#1
[LR 1] Leo Rowsome. Classics of Irish Piping. Leo Rowsome (pipes).
19493.8#1
~19708#1
~19898#1
[FG 3] Frankie Gavin. Frankie Goes to Town. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute).
~19934#1 (1:10)
[MR 7] Micho Russell. In Our Own Dear Land. Micho Russell (whistle, flute, vocals). For this tune: (D whistle).
~19952.17#1
[JV] John Vesey. Sligo Fiddler. John Vesey (fiddle). For this tune: The John Vesey Trio: John Vesey (fiddle), Canice Fahy (flute), Tom Standeven (pipes).
~200912#1
[KClns 2] Kathleen Collins. My Book of Songs. Kathleen Collins (fiddle). For this tune: 1st time Kathleen, then with Dan Collins (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played beforeOn Albums
Haste to the Wedding
MDhrty
Drops of Brandy
BICM

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 #298 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #975 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #293 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #191 in volume 3 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #117 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 18 of [Ba] Betty M. Barlow. Fiddle Tunes for the Violinist. [available]
As tune #95 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
As setd #29 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #293 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
As tune #83 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