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Tune ID#363 (Comb Your Hair and Curl It)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Comb Your Hair and Curl It about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MC (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars4-bar phrase structureMode ?
Slip jig16AABBE Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Comb Your Hair and Curl It / Coleman's No. 2 / Coleman's No. 2 Slip Jig / Coleman's Hop / The Foxhunter (2nd in set The Foxhunter a.k.a. The Fox Hunter on MC; 2nd in set The Foxhunter's on MC 2; 2nd in set The Butterfly on PGJJ; 1st in set Gweebarra Bridge on A BI) (also in A)
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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).
19252.4#2
[MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle).
192510#2
[MC 2] Michael Coleman. The Enduring Magic. Michael Coleman (fiddle).
195023#2
[TnRadio] Tuning the Radio. Joe O'Dowd (fiddle).
~19634#1
[Ch 1] The Chieftains. The Chieftains. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina), Seán Potts (whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), David Fallon (bodhrán). For this tune: 1st time Martin Fay (fiddle).
~1980B.3#2
[PGJJ] Paddy Glackin & Jolyon Jackson. Hidden Ground. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Jolyon Jackson (cello, bouzouki, mandola, mandolin, dobro, guitar, bass, harmonica, bodhrán, synthesizer, tambourine, whistle, recorder).
~199313#1
[SnugBl] Paddy O'Brien, Jamie Gans, Daithi Sproule. Snug in the Blanket. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Jamie Gans (fiddle), Daithi Sproule (guitar).
20016#1
[GLPL 1] Grey Larsen and Paddy League. The Green House. Grey Larsen (flute, whistle, concertina, harmonium, field organ, piano), Paddy League (bodhrán, guitar). For this tune: (whistle).
200113#1
[A BI] Altan. Blue Idol. Not identified in liner notes. [Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar), Dáithi Sproule (guitar)].
~20022#3
[BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle).
~20032.6#2
[WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Sharon Creasey (flute).
~20062#2
[Tda 3] Téada. Inné Amárach. Seán McElwain (guitar, bouzouki, banjo), Damien Stenson (flute), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán), Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, piano), Paul Finn (accordion).
~20102#2
[CYHCIt] Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Comb Your Hair and Curl It. Catherine McEvoy (flute), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
~20107#1 (0:20)
[Dingle] The Music of Dingle. Jeremy Spencer (fiddle).
20118#1
[ChiReel] Chicago Reel. Chicago Reel. Gerry Carey (accordion), Pauline Conneely (banjo, guitar), Rose Duffy (fiddle), Devin Shepherd (fiddle), Denis O'Sullivan (vocals), Jonathan Whitall (piano).
~201612#1
[MOhAn] Micheál Ó hAlmhain. Tuile agus Trá. The Flowing Tide. Micheál Ó hAlmhain (flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Foxhunter's Jig		MC, MC 2, TnRadio, CYHCIt
Butterfly		PGJJ
Tommy Hunt's Jig		BCw 1
Promenade		WFO 2
Tenpenny Piece		Tda 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Boys of Ballisodare		Ch 1
Pig That Wouldn't Sneeze		SnugBl
Whinny Hills of Leitrim		GLPL 1
Killarney Boys of Pleasure		A BI
James Kelly's		Tda 3
Lancers Jig		Dingle
Rolling in the Barrel		ChiReel
Dusty Miller		MOhAn

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 #447 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 44 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #78 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #11 in volume 2 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
On page 24 of [T] Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition. [available]
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 155 of [Altan] Martin Tourish. Altan. The Tunes. [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): 1907
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