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Tune ID#2800 (Ladies of Carrick)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Ladies of Carrick about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording A AS (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBA Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Ladies of Carrick, The / The Pretty Young Girls of Carrick / The Mysteries of Knock / The Kildare Club (also in Mixolydian, also in G)
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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).
19344#2
19933#1
[CTL 4] Cherish the Ladies. Out and About. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar, banjo, bouzouki), Maureen Doherty Macken (accordion, whistle), Winifred Horan (fiddle), Siobhan Egan (fiddle, bodhrán), Cathie Ryan (vocals).
~19974#2
[Shskn 10] Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening. Tom Cussen (banjo, mandolin), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán, bongos), Seán Conway (flute, whistle, guitar), Eamonn Cotter (flute), Mike Fahy (guitar), Charlie Harris (accordion), Geraldine Cotter (piano), Carl Hession (piano).
~20007#3
[A AS] Altan. Another Sky. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Dáithi Sproule (guitar, vocals).
~20086#2
[MHyDLd 2] Michael Hynes and Denis Liddy. The Spectacle Bridge. Michael Hynes (flute), Denis Liddy (fiddle). For this tune: Matt (whistle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Night Cap
WW 2
Banks of Newfoundland
Shskn 10
Tipperary Hills
A AS
Kerry Jig
MHyDLd 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Kinnegad Slashers
CTL 4
Paddy O'Rafferty
Shskn 10
Humours of Whiskey
A AS
Chicken That Made the Soup
MHyDLd 2

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 #934 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #164 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 43 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 159 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As jig #322 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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): 1903