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Tune ID#2240 (An Buinneán Buí)

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Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
An Buinneán Buí / An Buinneán Buidhe / Bunnán Buí / The Yellow Bittern (also as air, included here) (see also this song with different melody as #7859) (text by Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna aka Cathal Bui Mac Giolla Gunna aka Cathal Buidhe Mac Giolla Gunna)
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Discography cd

Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~197114#1
[SB] Skara Brae. Skara Brae. Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, piano), with Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, bass bouzouki), Declan Sinnott (electric bass, electric guitar), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, clavinet), Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals), Dáithí Sproule (vocals, guitar).
200013#1
[Ch W] The Chieftains. Water from the Well. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle, accordion), Derek Bell (harp, harpsichord, piano, tiompán), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute). For this tune: 1st time Derek (harp).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played beforeOn Albums
County Tyrone		Ch W

Bibliography

Here are transcriptions of this song – considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
On page 21 of [L] Alan's private loose music.
As misc #3 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): 1971
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