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Tune ID#3557 (Old Pigeon on the Gate)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Old Pigeon on the Gate about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording NaF 2 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Old Pigeon on the Gate, The / An Sean-Cholúr ar an nGeata / Carnanban / Kieran Kelly's (2nd in set A Jacket of Batteries on DD 8) (also in A or in G Mixolydian) (compare 1st part with 1st part of #3665)
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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).
~19712.3#2
[NaF 2] Na Filí. Farewell to Connacht. Tomás Ó Canainn (pipes, accordion, vocals), Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Tom Barry (whistle).
19881#2
[DD 8] De Dannan. A Jacket of Batteries. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute, piano), Aidan Coffey (accordion), Alec Finn (bouzouki, guitar, keyboard), Eleanor Shanley (vocals), Colm Murphy (bodhrán), Adele O'Dwyer (cello).
~19998#2
[PF] Patty Furlong. Traditional Irish Music on Button Accordion. Patty Conway Furlong (accordion).
~20129#3
[ECottr 2] Eamonn Cotter. The Knotted Chord. Eamonn Cotter (flute). For this tune: (C flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Within a Mile of Dublin		NaF 2, ECottr 2
Land of Sunshine		DD 8
Man of the House		PF
Played beforeOn Albums
Brendan McMahon's		PF

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 #162 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
On page 55 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As reel #168 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 94 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [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): 1963
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