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Tune ID#2560 (Terry 'Cuz' Teahan's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Terry 'Cuz' Teahan's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BgCn (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Polka32AABBA Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Terry 'Cuz' Teahan's / Cuz Teehan's / Cuz Teahan's Favourite / Teahan's Favorite / Cuz's Favourite / Cuz Teahan's Delight / Ballyhoura Mountains / The Ballinahulla (1) (1st in set The Ballinahulla Polkas on DDoody; 3rd in set Dhá Ghabhairín Bhuí on BgCn; 3rd in set Ballyhoura Mountains on NNC 3) (also in G Major or D Major) (compare especially 1st parts with Mike Buckley's Favourite #8589)
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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).
~19781.4#1
[DDoody] Denis Doody. Kerry Music. Denis Doody (accordion).
~19786#2
[LC 1] Liz Carroll. A Friend Indeed. Liz Carroll (fiddle).
~199212#3
[BgCn] Séamus Begley and Stephen Cooney. Meitheal. Séamus Begley (accordion, vocals), Stephen Cooney (guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, ditjeridú).
~199616#1
[DH 1] Dan Herlihy and Friends. The Night of the Fair. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra. Dan Herlihy (accordion). For this tune: with Denis O'Connor (banjo).
~20045#5
[Boh 4] Bohola. 4. Jimmy Keane (piano accordion, vocals, foot), Sean Cleland (fiddle), Pat Broaders (dordan, vocals), Kat Eggleston (vocals).
20123#3
[NNC 3] Niamh Ní Charra. Cuz. A Tribute to Terry "Cuz" Teahan. Niamh Ní Charra (fiddle, concertina, vocals, viola). For this tune: (fiddle), with Séamus Begley (accordion), Cathall King (flute).
~201212#1
[IvyLf] The Ivy Leaf. Traditional Irish Music. Daniel Accardi (fiddle, concertina), Armand Aromin (fiddle, whistle), Caroline O'Shea (flute, whistle, vocals), Lindsay Straw (bouzouki, guitar, vocals). For this tune: Dan (concertina), Armand (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Dan Sullivan's
LC 1
Tá Dhá Ghabhairín Buí Agam
BgCn
Scartaglen Polka
Boh 4
Galway Belle
NNC 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Ballinahulla
DDoody
Riding on a Load of Hay
LC 1
Padraig O'Keeffe's
DH 1
Ballydesmond Polka
Boh 4
O'Sullivan's Fancy
IvyLf

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 39 of [SLoP] Paul Deloughery. Sliabh Luachra on Parade. [available]
As tune #45 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
On page 226 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.

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): 1978