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Tune ID#3745 (Johnny Box)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Johnny Box about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Beg 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Polka32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Johnny Box / O'Connor's / O'Connor's Polka / The Hayden Fancy / Hayden's Fancy / Mary Ann (1st in set The Cuas Polkas on Beg 1; for 2nd figure of The West Kerry Set on JRSLCB 2) (also in G, also reversed parts)
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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).
~1980B.1#2
[Boys 8] Boys of the Lough. Regrouped. Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle, vocals), Dave Richardson (concertina, mandolin, cittern), Tich Richardson (guitar).
~19801.7#2
[Boys 15] Boys of the Lough. The Session. Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle), Dave Richardson (concertina, mandolin, cittern), Tich Richardson (guitar, acoustic bass guitar).
19977#1
[Beg 1] Beginish. Beginish. Paul McGrattan (flute), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals), Noel O'Grady (bouzouki).
~199814#1
[JRSLCB 2] Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band. Music for Set Dancing Vol. II. Johnny Reidy (accordion).
200220#3
[LAC] Tom and Kerry Barrett. Lios A'Cheoil. Traditional Irish Music. Tom Barrett (fiddle), Kerry Barrett (fiddle).
~20127#1
[MORDOM] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh and Danny O' Mahony. As It Happened. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina), Danny O' Mahony (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
I'll Buy Boots for Maggie		Boys 8, Boys 15
There's No Place Like Home		LAC
Played beforeOn Albums
Cuas Polka		Beg 1
Ballydesmond Polka		JRSLCB 2
Brown's Kitchen		MORDOM

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 #90 in [CRE 4] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 4. [available]
On page 132 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As polka #81 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As tune #36 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [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): 1900
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