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Tune ID#3678 (Jolly Old Man)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Jolly Old Man about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MGm (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBA Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Jolly Old Man, The / Bung Your Eye / Brisk Irish Lad / Brisk Young Lad / There Came a Young Man (compare 1st part with 1st part of I'm Content with My Lot #7117)
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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).
19682.9#1
[MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, vocals).
~20138#1
[JAbrt 1] Joey Abarta. Swimming against the Falls. Snámh in aghaidh easa. Joey Abarta (pipes).
20209#2
[NcBrown] Nicolas Brown. Good Enough Music for Them Who Love It. Nicolas Brown (pipes, flute). For this tune: (pipes, flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Life We Love
NcBrown
Played beforeOn Albums
Kilkenny Jig
JAbrt 1
Lovely Mally
NcBrown

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 #895 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #142 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [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