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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#3493 (Foggy Dew)

Basic musical information on this tune.
Type ?	Mode ?
Song	B Minor

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

Foggy Dew, The / Foggy Dew (also in E) (with a brief and different text on JMcK) (composed by Peadar Kearney (text))

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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).
1925	1.12#1	[JMcK] John McKenna. The Music and Life of John McKenna. 'The Buck from the Mountain'. John McKenna (flute, whistle, lilting, vocals). For this tune: (whistle, vocals), with Michael Gaffney (fiddle).
1998	9#1	[Chlr 1] Chulrua. Barefoot on the Altar. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Tim Britton (pipes, flute, whistle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals).
~2002	8#1	[MJCgn] Mary and Jim Coogan. Passing Time. Jim Coogan (accordion), Mary Coogan (banjo, mandolin, guitar). For this tune: Kathleen Ludlow (vocals).

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 #8 in volume 1 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [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): 1925

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