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Tune ID#1904 (Morning Thrush)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Morning Thrush about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SE 6 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel48AABBCCD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Morning Thrush, The / The Thrush in the Morning / Fuiseog na Maidine (as The Fairy Bush in book JKg 3 but with last part 1st) (also in A or E) (composed by Séamus Mac Aonghusa aka Jimmy Ennis aka James A. Ennis)
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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).
198024#1
[SE 6] Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal. Séamus Ennis (pipes, vocals). For this tune: (pipes).
~198812#1
[NH 1] Noel Hill. The Irish Concertina. Noel Hill (concertina).
~198814#1
[RBPOL 1] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. The South West Wind. Traditional Music from County Clare. Ronan Browne (pipes), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle). For this tune: 1st time Ronan (pipes), then with Tierna Browne (fiddle).
~200011#1
[MulcFam1] The Mulcahy Family. The Mulcahy Family. Mick Mulcahy (accordion, concertina), Louise Mulcahy (flute, pipes), Michelle Mulcahy (accordion, concertina, harp). For this tune: Michelle (concertina).
~200017#1
[BMcNmr 1] Brian McNamara. A Piper's Dream. Brian McNamara (pipes). For this tune: (C pipes).
~200112#1
[PACarb] Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry, John Blake. Memories from the Holla. Peter Carberry (accordion), Angelina Carberry (banjo), John Blake (guitar). For this tune: Angelina (banjo).
20022.10#2
~20024#1
[JFtg] Joe Fitzgerald. Hills of Clare. Joe Fitzgerald (accordion).
200414#2
[TP 9] Tommy Peoples. Recorded at Fiddler's Hearth. Tommy Peoples (fiddle).
~200410#1
[OMcD 1] Oisín Mac Diarmada. Ar an bhFidil. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, whistle).
~20056#1
[MMhn] Martin Meehan. Three's Company. Martin Meehan (flute, bodhrán). For this tune: with Paul Bradley (fiddle).
~20052.5#2
[WFO 3] Wooden Flute Obsession 3. Shannon Heaton (flute).
~20069#2
[MSHtn 2] Matt and Shannon Heaton. Blue Skies Above. Shannon Heaton (flute, whistle, vocals), Matt Heaton (guitar, bouzouki, mandola, bodhrán, vocals). For this tune: (Eb flute).
~20086#1
[BMcGrth] Brian McGrath. Pure Banjo. Brian McGrath (banjo, guitar, keyboards). For this tune: (guitar).
~202115#1
[BrtDrkly] Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen. Brightly or Darkly. Nathan Gourley (fiddle, guitar, bouzouki), Laura Feddersen (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Connor Dunn's
WFO 3, MSHtn 2
Patsy Campbell's Reel
KCThtr
Boy in the Gap
TP 9
Played beforeOn Albums
Crooked Road to Dublin
RBPOL 1
Sleepy Maggie
MulcFam1
Millstream Reel
PACarb
Maids of Castlebar
TP 9
Mama's Pet
MMhn
Spike Island Lassies
BrtDrkly

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 reel #135 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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): 1980