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Tune ID#2719 (Tom Moyland's Frolic)

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

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	16	AB	D Mixolydian

Basic musical information on this tune.

Rhythm ?

Bars

8-bar phrase structure

Mode ?

Reel

D Mixolydian

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

Tom Moyland's Frolic / Tom Moylan's Frolics / Tom Moyland's / Tommy Mayland's Reel / The Ballynacally Reel / Ríl Bhaile na Caillí / The Ballynacally / Gorman's / The Rascal on the Haystack / [mislabeled on SK 1 as:] The Dublin Reel (also with reversed parts; high part doubled on SK 1)

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).
~1973	2.10#2	[FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Joe Burke (accordion).
~1973	4#2	[4IC] Joe Burke, Finbarr Dwyer, Kevin Loughlin, John Whelan. Pure Irish Traditional Accordion. Session with Four Irish Champions. Joe Burke (accordion), Finbarr Dwyer (accordion), Kevin Loughlin (accordion), John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: Joe Burke (accordion).
~1975	8#2	[SK 1] Seán Keane. Gusty's Frolicks. Seán Keane (fiddle).
~1980	11#1	[JKn 2] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion).
~1998	13#1	[LN 2] Laurence Nugent. Two for Two. Laurence Nugent (flute, whistle). For this tune: (C whistle).
~2002	15#2	[BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle).
~2005	1#2	[CTL 11] Cherish the Ladies. Woman of the House. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, harmony vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar, mandolin, banjo, banjitar, octave mandolin), Heidi Talbot (vocals), Roisin Dillon (fiddle), Mirella Murray (accordion).
~2007	15#3	[RdOnly] Brian McNamara and Tim Collins. Reed Only. Brian McNamara (pipes), Tim Collins (concertina).
~2011	15#3	[DOMhny 1] Danny O' Mahony. In Retrospect. Danny O' Mahony (accordion). For this tune: (D/D# accordion).
2014	9#2	[SSands 1] Seamus Sands. Across Bridges. Traditional Irish Fiddle Playing. Seamus Sands (fiddle).
2016	4#1	[TrklHwl] John Blake, Mairéad Hurley, Nathan Gourley. The Truckley Howl. John Blake (guitar, flute, piano), Mairéad Hurley (concertina), Nathan Gourley (fiddle, guitar).
~2022	15#2	[DOMr] Diarmuid Ó Meachair. Siúl na Slí. Diarmuid Ó Meachair (accordion, melodeon). For this tune: (D/D# accordion).

Played after	On Albums
Return to Camden Town	FTIM, 4IC
New-Mown Meadows	SK 1
Spike Island Lassies	BCw 1
Jolly Seven	CTL 11
Our House at Home	RdOnly
Flowers of Redhill	DOMhny 1
Green Cup of Tea	SSands 1
Bunker Hill	DOMr

Played after

On Albums

Return to Camden Town

FTIM, 4IC

SK 1

BCw 1

CTL 11

RdOnly

DOMhny 1

SSands 1

DOMr

Played before	On Albums
Dublin Reel	SK 1
Jenny's Wedding	JKn 2
John Naughton's	LN 2
Bonkers in Yonkers	CTL 11
Rosebuds in Summer	SSands 1
Papa's Pet	TrklHwl

Played before

On Albums

SK 1

JKn 2

LN 2

CTL 11

SSands 1

TrklHwl

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 reel #204 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish 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?

Tune ID#2719 (Tom Moyland's Frolic)

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