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Tune ID#2484 (Abbey's Green Isle)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Abbey's Green Isle about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JOL 2 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars4-bar phrase structureMode ?
Slide32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Abbey's Green Isle / The Whistling Thief / Goulin / Denis Murphy's Slide / Denis Murphy's (1st in set Slides on SK 2; 2nd in set She Didn't Dance and Dance on JOL 2) (also in A) (compare song Cucanandy #426)
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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).
~19772.3#2
[KoKerry] Jimmy Doyle & Dan O'Leary. Traditional Music from the Kingdom of Kerry. Jimmy Doyle (accordion), Dan O'Leary (fiddle).
~19781.12#2
[DDoody] Denis Doody. Kerry Music. Denis Doody (accordion).
~19822.1#1
[SK 2] Sean Keane. Sean Keane. Sean Keane (fiddle, viola).
~198915#2
[JOL 2] Johnny O'Leary. An Calmfhear. The Trooper. Johnny O'Leary (accordion).
199511#2
[AOT 3] Any Old Time. Crossing. Traditional Music from Cork and Beyond. Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Dave Hennessy (accordion), Mick Daly (vocals, guitar, banjo).
201513#1
[JOR 2] Jason O'Rourke. The Northern Concertina. Jason O'Rourke (concertina).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
She Didn't Dance and Dance		JOL 2, AOT 3
If I Had a Wife		KoKerry
If I Had a Wife		DDoody
Played beforeOn Albums
Barrack Hill		SK 2
Paudy Scully's		AOT 3
Sporting Paddy		JOR 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.
On page 52 of [IFMCK] Drew Beisswenger. Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry. [available]
As tune #124 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As slide #127 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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): 1949
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