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Tune ID#3246 (Dan Mac's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Dan Mac's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MMcHugh (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Polka32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Dan Mac's / Dan Mac's Polka / Dan Mack's / Mack's Rambles / The Sword of St. Columba / Roscommon Polka / Jack Mitchell's Polka (2nd in set The Newmarket Polkas on PS 3; 2nd in set Selection 1 on GCB 2; 1st in What Brought You In There Medley on AtR 3) (also in G) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Jerome Burke's #3752)
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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).
~19905#2
[PS 3] Patrick Street. Irish Times. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Andy Irvine (vocals, harmonica, mandolin, bouzouki), Gerry O'Beirne (vocals, guitar), James Kelly (fiddle), Declan Masterson (pipes, whistle, keyboards), Jackie Daly (accordion), Arty McGlynn (guitar), Bill Whelan (keyboards).
~20074#2
[GCB 2] The Glenside. Take the Floor with The Glenside. Tom Flood (accordion), Johnny Duffy (banjo), Moyra Fraser (keyboard, vocals), Aidan Flood (drums).
~20089#1
[AtR 3] At the Racket. It's Not Racket Science. John Carty (fiddle, banjo), Séamus O'Donnell (flute, saxophone, vocals), Brian McGrath (piano, tenor guitar, banjo), Michael McCague (guitar, tenor guitar, bouzouki).
201316#3
[MMcHugh] Martin McHugh. The Master's Choice. Martin McHugh (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Derrygallen Bridge		PS 3
Sweeney's Polka		GCB 2
Galway Belle		MMcHugh
Played beforeOn Albums
Newmarket		PS 3
Mickey Chewing Bubblegum		GCB 2
Kilglass Lakes		AtR 3
Nora Daly		MMcHugh

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 #128 in volume 3 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As misc #28#2 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 44 of [SLoP] Paul Deloughery. Sliabh Luachra on Parade. [available]
As tune #16 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
As tune #7 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
On page 227 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As polka #42 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1927
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