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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#3465 (Come Back to Erin)

Basic musical information on this tune.
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Song

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

Come Back to Erin (also as air, included here) (composed by Claribel Barnard, nee Charlotte Allington, aka Claribel [Charlotte Allington Bernard])

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Discography

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

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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
1910	19#1	[JMcC] John McCormack. My Wild Irish Rose. John McCormack (vocals).
1960	32#1	[FCssdy] Frank Cassidy. Níl Gar Ann! Frank Cassidy (fiddle).

Bibliography

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

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #194 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #68 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [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

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