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Tune ID#2965 (Land of Sunshine)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Land of Sunshine about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Crsl (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Land of Sunshine, The / Land of Sunshine / The Great Eastern / Far Away from Home / Jacket of Batteries / Francy Brerton's (1st in set A Jacket of Batteries on DD 8) (also in C) (compare Silver Spire #1771) (composed by Martin Mulhaire)
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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).
197616#1
[Chi] Traditional Irish Music in America. Chicago. James Keane, Jr. (piano accordion).
~19849#1
[Crsl] Séamus McGuire, Manus McGuire, Dáithí Sproule. Carousel. Séamus McGuire (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Dáithí Sproule (guitars, vocals).
19881#1
[DD 8] De Dannan. A Jacket of Batteries. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute, piano), Aidan Coffey (accordion), Alec Finn (bouzouki, guitar, keyboard), Eleanor Shanley (vocals), Colm Murphy (bodhrán), Adele O'Dwyer (cello).
19983#1
[JKn 5] James Keane. Sweeter as the Years Roll By. James Keane (accordion).
~20002#1
[JNolan] John Nolan. A Rake of Reels. John Nolan (accordion).
~20034#1
[PDuffy] Philip Duffy. Killin' Clocks. Philip Duffy (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played beforeOn Albums
Trip to Nenagh		Crsl
Old Pigeon on the Gate		DD 8
John Kelly's Concertina Reel		JKn 5
Abbeyleix		JNolan
Killavil Fancy		PDuffy

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 #272 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As reel #258 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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): 1976
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