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Tune ID#2968 (Banks of the Bann)

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Type ?
Song
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Banks of the Bann, The / Banks of the Bann / Slane (compare Willie Angler #6766 and compare melody with hymn Be Thou My Vision)
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Discography cd

Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

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Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~19922#1
[Scglen 3] Scartaglen. Last Night's Fun. Irish Music in America. Kirk Lynch (pipes, whistle, etc.), Connie Dover (vocals, keyboards), Roger Landes (bouzouki etc.), Michael Dugger (fiddle etc.).
~201210#1
[LeChle] Séamus Begley and Oisín Mac Diarmada. Together. Le Chéile. Séamus Begley (accordion, vocals), Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle).

Bibliography

Here are transcriptions of this song – considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
On page 137 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
On page 17 of [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): 1977
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