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Tune ID#2390 (Come Along with Me)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Come Along with Me about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JRyan (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):
Come Along with Me / Kilhouries / The Green Forest Jig / The Ballinakill Ditch / The Hideout / Fahy's Jig / Port an Fhathaigh / Josephine Keegan's (2nd in set Barrel Rafferty's Jigs on CTL 5)
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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).
~19862.4#1
[MMulv 2] Martin Mulvihill. The Humors of Glin. Martin Mulvihill (fiddle).
19922#1
[JRyan] Joe Ryan. An Buachaill Dreoite. Joe Ryan (fiddle).
~19962#2
[GOh] Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin. Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (concertina, whistle).
~19963#2
[CTL 5] Cherish the Ladies. New Day Dawning. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar, mandolin, banjo), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle), Donna Long (piano, fiddle, vocals), Siobhan Egan (fiddle, bodhrán, whistle), Aoife Clancy (vocals, guitar).
20069#2
[MOR 2] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Inside Out. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
201312#3
[SunBanks] Edel Fox and Neill Byrne. The Sunny Banks. Edel Fox (concertina, fiddle), Neill Byrne (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Munster Bacon
GOh
Peter Murphy's
CTL 5
Peter Byrnes Fancy
MOR 2
Woods of Caolrua
SunBanks
Played beforeOn Albums
Brendan Tonra's
MMulv 2
Munster Jig
JRyan
Barrel Rafferty's Jig
CTL 5
Besom in Bloom
MOR 2

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 #337 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #24 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As jig #45 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.

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): 1907