Tune Search
Sign in or join  to see your:     Home   Playlists   Practice Machine   Stats   Friends   Albums   Preferences   Sign out
The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#1917 (Tobin's Favorite)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Tobin's Favorite about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MC (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Tobin's Favorite / Tobin's Favourite / Tobin's Fancy / Tobin's Jig / Tobin's / Follow Me Around the Garden / The Wandering Minstrel (1st in set Tobin's Fancy on MC: 1st in set Tobin's on MC 2; 1st in set Around the Old Turf Fire on FBros)
To get to your personal tune notes, Log in or Create an account
Note shared with my friends:

Note to myself only:
285 members play this tune.
0 of them are your friends.

Suggest this Tune

To:
Comment to friend:
Map of where members are who play this tune.
Where members are who play this tune.

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.

Click play below to hear the first 12 seconds.
Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
19277#1
[OTPR] Oldtime Records. Vol. 3. Piping Rarities. Joseph Sullivan (pipes), Patrick Doran (flute), Joe Owens (fiddle).
192813#1
[FBros] The Flanagan Brothers. The Tunes We Like to Play on Paddy's Day. Joe Flanagan (accordion), Louis Flanagan (guitar, banjo), Mike Flanagan (banjo, vocals, mandolin). For this tune: (harmonica), (mouth harp).
19341.15#1
[MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle).
193415#1
[MC 2] Michael Coleman. The Enduring Magic. Michael Coleman (fiddle).
~19474#2
[ICTM] Ireland. Irlande.
~19571.10#2
[JV] John Vesey. Sligo Fiddler. John Vesey (fiddle).
~19782.3#2
[Oisn 2] Oisín. Bealoideas. Seamus McGowan (guitar, vocals), Tom McDonagh (bouzouki), Geraldine McGowan (vocals, bodhrán, recorder), Brian McDonagh (guitar, mandolin), Mick Davis (fiddle, vocals).
19981#1
[Chlr 1] Chulrua. Barefoot on the Altar. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Tim Britton (pipes, flute, whistle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals).
~199810#2
[FFH] Far From Home. Tri. Turner Collins (accordion, whistle, vocals), Bob Newton (octave mandolin, mandocello, bodhrán, vocals), Daithi Wolfe (fiddle).
20037#1
[Mona] Live at Mona's. Patrick Ourceau (fiddle), Cillian Vallely (pipes), Brian Holleran (flute).
~201114#4
[JCtBRn] John Carty and Brian Rooney. At Complete Ease. John Carty (fiddle, tenor guitar), Brian Rooney (fiddle). For this tune: James Carty (fiddle).
20172#3
[JoeMcH] Joe McHugh. Amongst Friends. Joe McHugh (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes), with Vanessa Loerkens (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Orphan		Oisn 2
Cherish the Ladies		ICTM
Gold Ring		JV
When Sick Is It Tea You Want?		FFH
Wheels of the World		JCtBRn
Child of My Heart		JoeMcH
Played beforeOn Albums
Tar Road to Sligo		MC, MC 2
Frost Is All Over		FBros
Walls of Liscarroll		OTPR
Jerry's Beaver Hat		ICTM
High Part of the Road		Chlr 1
Jackson's Bottle of Brandy		Mona
Wind that Shakes the Barley		JCtBRn
Old Tipperary		JoeMcH

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 #775 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #52 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 22 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 277 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As tune #31 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 111 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 188 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #129 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #219 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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
Please cite your source when you use information from this document.
© 2000–2025 Alan Ng. Questions? Comments? Please use the easy Feedback Form. Thank you!
Start at