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Tune ID#2090 (Tiocfaidh Tú Abhaile Liom)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Tiocfaidh Tú Abhaile Liom about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Plx 6 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Tiocfaidh Tú Abhaile Liom / An Tiocfaidh Tú Abhaile Liom / Tiofaidh Tú Abhaile Liom / Will You Come Home with Me? / You Will Come Home with Me? / Won't You Come Home with Me / Will You Come With Me? / Dance on the Fivepenny (compare #2442)
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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).
~19802#2
[Plx 6] Planxty. The Woman I Loved so Well. Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitar, synthesizer), Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals), Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Christy Moore (guitar, bodhrán, vocals). For this tune: O'Flynn (pipes), Noel Hill (concertina), Tony Linnane (fiddle).
~198612#2
[HMSP] Joe Burke, Michael Cooney, Terry Corcoran. Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part. Joe Burke (accordion), Michael Cooney (pipes, whistle), Terry Corcoran (guitar, vocals).
199011#2
[MNln 1] Martin Nolan. Travel 'n Style. Martin Nolan (pipes, whistle).
19963#2
[Dnu 1] Danú. Danú. Daire Bracken (fiddle), Brendan McCarthy (accordion), Donnchadh Gough (pipes, bodhrán), Tom Doorley (flute), Eamonn Doorley (bouzouki, fiddle), Timmy Murray (guitar), Cárthach Mac Craith (vocals).
~200221#2
[RBPOL 2] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. Touch Me If You Dare. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle, flute). For this tune: (pipes), (fiddle).
200311#2
[Mona] Live at Mona's. Patrick Ourceau (fiddle), Mick Moloney (banjo).
~20104#3
[2TapTrio] The Two Tap Trio. A Night at the Fair. Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Norah Rendell (flute, vocals), Brian Miller (guitar, bouzouki, backing vocals). For this tune: 1st time Brian (bouzouki).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her
HMSP, RBPOL 2, Mona
Out on the Ocean
Plx 6
Queen of the Rushes
MNln 1
Fraher's
Dnu 1
Wandering Minstrel
2TapTrio
Played beforeOn Albums
Hag at the Churn
MNln 1

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 #21 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
As jig #100 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As jig #249 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As tune #214 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): 1976