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Tune ID#2467 (Put on Your Clothes)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Put on Your Clothes about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording KR (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBC Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Put on Your Clothes / Balcais an Blomaire / The Short Grass (2nd in set Jig C Jig on Drv 1) (also in D) (compare Bryan O'Lynn #238, compare 1st part with 1st part of Old John's Jig #1465, and compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Magpie in the Tree #3025)
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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).
~19928#2
[Drv 1] Dervish. Harmony Hill. Cathy Jordan (vocals, bodhrán, bones), Liam Kelly (flute, whistle, vocals), Shane Mitchell (accordion), Shane McAleer (fiddle, viola), Brian McDonagh (mandola, mandolin), Michael Holmes (bouzouki, guitar).
~19975#2
[AtR 1] At the Racket. At the Racket. John Carty (banjo, fiddle, flute), Brian McGrath (keyboard, piano, banjo, mandolin), Garry O'Briain (guitar, mandocello, viola, keyboard, vocals), Seamus O'Donnell (saxophone, flute, bodhrán, vocals). For this tune: John (fiddle).
~19985#2
[KR] Kevin Rowsome. The Rowsome Tradition. Kevin Rowsome (pipes). For this tune: (C# pipes), with Lorraine (fiddle).
~20032.10#2
[WFO 3] Wooden Flute Obsession 3. Kieran O'Hare (flute), John Skelton (flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Mist-Covered Mountain
Drv 1
Seanamhac Tube Station
AtR 1
Woodcock
KR
Farewell to Lissycasey
WFO 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Condon's Frolics
Drv 1
Honey Bee
WFO 3

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 #1050 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #981 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #197 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #116 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
On page 55 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [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