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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#3289 (Boys of Tandragee)

These two bars are quoted from the transcription in the book Ng (details in the Bibliography below).

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Double jig	32	AABB	D Mixolydian

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Boys of Tandragee, The / The Boys of Tandergee (compare Boys of Tandragee #209 although moreso in the 2nd part; compare 1st part with 1st part of some of the newer, more northerly settings of Little Black Pig #2381)

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Discography

I have determined by careful listening that there are zero recordings of this tune anywhere on the indexed recordings, regardless of tune title.

Bibliography

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

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As jig #36 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [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): 2001

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