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Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	32	AABB	E Dorian

Discography

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).
1921	1.19#1	[PJConlon] Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929. Peter J. Conlon (melodeon).
1993	14#2	[MOK] Máire O'Keeffe. Cóisir. House Party. Máire O'Keeffe (fiddle).
1994	5#1	[MvC 1] Moving Cloud. Moving Cloud. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute and percussion), Carl Hession (piano).
~2003	9#1	[CarbQ 1] Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn. Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn. Angelina Carberry (banjo), Martin Quinn (accordion, melodeon).
2005	5#1	[Drcht 2] Draíocht. Land's End. Michael Rooney (harp), June McCormack (flute). For this tune: June (Eb flute).
~2016	5#2	[MulcFam4] Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy. The Reel Note. Mick Mulcahy (accordion, melodeon, concertina), Louise Mulcahy (flute, pipes), Michelle Mulcahy (concertina, fiddle, harp, piano). For this tune: Mick (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Poet Carney	MOK
Rolling Hills of Brosna	MulcFam4

Played before	On Albums
Widow's Daughter	MOK
Geoghegan's Fancy	MvC 1
Rolling in the Barrel	CarbQ 1
Master's Return	Drcht 2

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 #1403 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #645 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #156 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #182 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
As reel #40 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): 1903

Tune ID#361 (Colonel McBain)

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