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Tune ID#2927 (I'll Mend Your Pots and Kettles O)

Transcription of first 2 bars of I'll Mend Your Pots and Kettles O about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SE 4 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
March32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
I'll Mend Your Pots and Kettles O / I'll Mend Your Pots and Kettles O! / I'll Mend your Pots and Kettles O' / I'll Mend Your Pots and Kettles-O / I'll Mend Your Pots and Kettles / The Ennis March (1st in set Pots and Kettles O on Dnu 5; dispersed within arrangement of Gathering Mushrooms on Rlta 1) (also parts reversed, also in D, also as song-air)
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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).
~19512.29#1
~197718#1
[SE 4] Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping. Seamus Ennis (pipes except where whistle or vocals noted). For this tune: (C# pipes).
~19855#2 (2:31)
[Boys 11] Boys of the Lough. To Welcome Paddy Home. Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle, vocals), Dave Richardson (concertina, mandolin, banjo, cittern), Christy O'Leary (pipes, harmonica, whistle, vocals), John Coakley (guitar, piano). For this tune: 1st time Christy (pipes).
~19965#1
[JOBM 1] Jimmy O'Brien-Moran. Seán Reid's Favourite. Jimmy O'Brien-Moran (pipes). For this tune: (B pipes).
20007#2
[CTL 8] Cherish the Ladies. The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone. Joanie Madden (whistle, flute, vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar, banjo, mandolin), Donna Long (piano, keyboards, vocals), Mary Rafferty (accordion, concertina, whistle), Deirdre Connolly (vocals, whistle, flute), Liz Knowles (fiddle).
~200212#1
[MaRaf] Mary Rafferty. Hand-Me-Downs. Mary Rafferty (accordion, concertina, flute, whistle). For this tune: 1st time (concertina), then with Joanie Madden (whistle).
200412#1
[Dnu 5] Danú. When All Is Said and Done. Donal Clancy (guitar, electric bass), Donnchadh Gough (bodhrán, pipes), Tom Doorley (flute, whistle, vocals), Eamon Doorley (bouzouki, fiddle), Oisin McAuley (fiddle, vocals), Benny McCarthy (accordion), Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (vocals, whistle, flute).
~20127#2
[Rlta 1] Réalta. Open the Door for Three. Conor Lamb (pipes, whistle), Deirdre Galway (vocals, guitar, bouzouki), Aaron O'Hagan (pipes, whistle, bodhrán).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
An Poc Ar Buile
CTL 8
Gathering Mushrooms
Rlta 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Maid at the Spinning Wheel
Dnu 5

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 #57 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #92 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
As tune #276 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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