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Tune ID#2596 (Roosky)

These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JKn 4 (details in the Discography below).

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Polka	32	AABB	G Major

Basic musical information on this tune.

Rhythm ?

Bars

8-bar phrase structure

Mode ?

Polka

AABB

G Major

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Roosky, The / Roosky Polka / The Rooskey / Church Street Polka / Polca Shráid na hEaglaise / A Kiss behind the Door (1st in set The Church Street Polkas on JKn 4 and JKn 6; as Untitled on FSOD; 2nd in set Tripping to the Well on BrgGapMM) (also with high part as intro, also in E)

Discography

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).
1995	5#2	[FSOD] Hervé Cantal, Denis Kersual, Vincent Blin, John Maguire, Gérard Tauzin, J.-Ch. Lequerre. For the Sake of Old Decency. Musique de tradition irlandaise en France. Music of Irish tradition in France. Hervé Cantal (flute, whistle), Denis Kersual (pipes), Vincent Blin (melodeon), John Maguire (vocals), Gérard Tauzin (guitar), J.-Ch. Lequerre (piano). For this tune: Hervé Cantal (flute).
1997	6#1	[JKn 4] James Keane. With Friends Like These. James Keane (accordion).
~1997	16#2	[KHe] Kevin Henry. One's Own Place - A Family Tradition. Kevin Henry (flute, whistle, pipes, vocals). For this tune: with Maggie Healy (flute).
1998	11#1 (1:10)	[JKn 6] James Keane and Friends. Live in Dublin. James Keane (accordion). For this tune: with Sean Keane (fiddle), Mick O'Connor (flute).
~2000	8#2	[OMBFMO] Oisín Mac Diarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, Micheál Ó Ruanaigh. Traditional Music on Fiddle, Banjo and Harp. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle), Brian Fitzgerald (banjo), Micheál Ó Ruanaigh (harp). For this tune: Oisín (fiddle).
~2003	3#1	[JCt 4] John Carty. At It Again. John Carty (fiddle).
2006	17#2	[MMrch 2] Marcas Ó Murchú. Turas Ceoil. Marcas Ó Murchú (flute, whistle). For this tune: supposedly on (F flute), with Brónagh Graham (banjo).
~2010	6#1	[CYHCIt] Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Comb Your Hair and Curl It. Catherine McEvoy (flute), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
~2019	10#2	[BrgGapMM] Kanako Machida and Brian McGrath. Bridging the Gap. Kanako Machida (accordion), Brian McGrath (banjo, piano / keys).

Goes Well with . . .

Played after	On Albums
Tripping to the Well	MMrch 2, BrgGapMM
Ballinakill Round Polka	FSOD
St. Mary's	KHe
Blue Ribbon	OMBFMO

Played after

On Albums

Tripping to the Well

MMrch 2, BrgGapMM

Ballinakill Round Polka

FSOD

St. Mary's

KHe

Blue Ribbon

OMBFMO

Played before	On Albums
Church Street Polka	JKn 4, JKn 6
Tom Morrison's	JCt 4
Ballinafad Polka	CYHCIt

Played before

On Albums

Church Street Polka

JKn 4, JKn 6

Tom Morrison's

JCt 4

Ballinafad Polka

CYHCIt

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 #100 in [CRE 5] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 5.

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?

Tune ID#2596 (Roosky)

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Discography

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Bibliography