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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#3658 (Huish the Cat)

These two bars are quoted from the transcription in the book 1850 (details in the Bibliography below).

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	Mode ?
Double jig	32	C Major

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

Huish the Cat / Hush the Cat / Hunt the Cat / Whip the Cat from under the Table / Drive the Cat from under the Table / Dance Light for My Heart Lies under Your Feet / Dance Light, for My Heart Lies under Your Feet / Peas on the Hearth / Pis ar an Iarta / Bímid ag Ól / Bemthe goal / Jackson's Humours of Panteen / The Humours of Parteen / The Humours of Purteen (also in D) (song rhythm more than double jig) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Where Is the Cat #2060, with 1st part of Bimid #155, and with 1st part of Foxy Mary)

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Discography

I have determined by careful listening that there are zero recordings of this tune anywhere on the indexed recordings, regardless of tune title.

Bibliography

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

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #909 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #382 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #114 in volume 3 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #49 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [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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