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Tune ID#2698 (Tom Cawley's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Tom Cawley'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 NF (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Tom Cawley's / Tommy Cowley's Jig / Port Thomáis Mhic Amhlaí / The Wind off the Lake / Wind off the Lake / Patsy Cauley's / Kevin McHugh's No 2 / McHugh's Jig / Port Mhic Aodha (1st in A Set of Single Jigs Learned from Kevin's Father - John's Grandfather on MMM) (also parts reversed)
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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).
~1978B.3#1
[NF] Joe Shannon, Johnny McGreevy. The Noonday Feast. Joe Shannon (pipes), Johnny McGreevy (fiddle). For this tune: Johnny McGreevy (fiddle).
~199215#1
[MMM] Music at Matt Molloy's. Kevin McHugh (fiddle), John McHugh (fiddle).
~19965#3
[JK 3] James Kelly. Traditional Irish Music. James Kelly (fiddle). For this tune: 1st time James, then with Paddy Keenan (pipes)..
~199914#2
[MtRd] The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. Kevin McHugh (fiddle), John McHugh (fiddle).
~20011#3
[PK 4] Paddy Keenan, Tommy O'Sullivan. The Long Grazing Acre. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Tommy O'Sullivan (guitar, vocals). For this tune: (pipes).
20039#1
[Tda 2] Téada. Give Us a Penny and Let Us Be Gone. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, vocals), John Blake (flute, guitar), Paul Finn (accordion, concertina), Seán McElwain (banjo, bouzouki), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán, vocals).
~20098#2
[JWynn 2] John Wynne. Ar nós na Gaoithe. Like the Wind. John Wynne (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute).
201211#1
[BrtEarly] Paddy O'Brien, Nathan Gourley, and Dáithí Sproule. Bright and Early. "Something to Crow About". Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Dáithí Sproule (guitar).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Capelhouse
JK 3
Adam and Eve
MtRd
Hag at the Churn
PK 4
Kathleen O'Hehir
JWynn 2
Played beforeOn Albums
John McHugh's
MMM, MtRd
When the Cock Crows It Is Day
Tda 2
Hag at the Churn
BrtEarly

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 #3 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As 4 (Treoir) in [L] Alan's private loose music.

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