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Tune ID#2643 (Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Fair)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Fair about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording DC1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?BarsMode ?
Fling16G Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Fair / Kitty's Gone a Clinking Coming from the Fair / Kitty Gone a Clinking Coming From the Fair / Dunguaire Castle / Caisleán Dhún Guaire / Fling No. 1 (1st in set Kitty Gone a Clinking on AtR 3) (also in A; also doubled, also thought of as a single jig or barndance) (compare reversed parts to reel High Road to Linton #1055)
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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).
19691.12#1
[WC 4] Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes).
197121#1
197313#1
[WC 2] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 1. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle).
19732#1
[WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (Bb pipes).
19731.31#1
[WC 4] Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (B pipes).
~20047#1
[TTItself] Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O'Loughlin. The Thing Itself. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Peadar O'Loughlin (flute).
~20064#1
[JasCt] James Carty. Upon My Soul. James Carty (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute).
~200810#1
[AtR 3] At the Racket. It's Not Racket Science. John Carty (fiddle, banjo), Séamus O'Donnell (flute, saxophone, vocals), Brian McGrath (piano, tenor guitar, banjo), Michael McCague (guitar, tenor guitar, bouzouki).
~202113#1
[BrtDrkly] Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen. Brightly or Darkly. Nathan Gourley (fiddle, guitar, bouzouki), Laura Feddersen (fiddle).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played beforeOn Albums
Pat Ward's
JasCt, AtR 3
Miss Galvin's
TTItself
Flowers of Redhill
BrtDrkly

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 #146 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [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): 1969