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). |
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1928 | 1#1 | [OTPR] Oldtime Records. Vol. 3. Piping Rarities. William Andrews (pipes). |
1929 | 15#1 | [JKm] John J. Kimmel. John J. Kimmel. Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Dance Music. John J. Kimmel (accordion). |
1929 | 10#3 | [ITWWW] "If There Weren't Any Women in the World". Leo Molloy's Siamsa Gaedheal Band: possibly Tom Page (fiddle), Mrs. Sheridan (fiddle), Mrs. Whelan (fiddle), Dave Page (pipes), Tommy Breen (piccolo). |
~1973 | 3#1 | [JB 2] Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), with Charlie Lennon (piano). |
1976 | 7#2 | [JsMcD] Josie McDermott. Darby's Farewell. Josie McDermott (flute, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (flute). |
~1979 | 12#2 | [Ev] Kevin Burke and Jackie Daly. Eavesdropper. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina). For this tune: 1st time Jackie Daly (accordion). |
~1995 | 15#1 | [CDrny 3] Chris Droney. The Fertile Rock. Chris Droney (concertina). |
~1996 | 16#6 | [TrsCl] Turas Cheoil. A Musical Odyssey: A compilation of music from the traditional musicians of Toronto. Pat King (piano accordion). |
~1997 | 13#2 | [WyndTrn] Dan Healy and Ciaran O'Raghallaigh. The Wyndy Turn. Dan Healy (flute), Ciaran O Raghallaigh (fiddle). |
2000 | 3#2 | [DMeehan] Danny Meehan. Navvy on the Shore. Danny Meehan (fiddle). |
~2007 | 1.8#1 | [CLnn 2] Charlie Lennon. Turning the Tune. Charlie Lennon (fiddle, viola, piano, harpsichord, bass, keyboards). |