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Tune ID#397 (Corney Is Coming)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Corney Is Coming about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording WC 2 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Corney Is Coming / Cornie Is Coming / Tá Cornaí ag Teacht / Tom Fitzmaurice's Reel / The Back Row / Packie Duignan's / The Spinning Wheel / Knit the Pocky / The Bride's to Bed / The Bride to Bed / Brides to Bed / Brides Away / My Love is in the House / My Love is in America / The British Naggon / Merry Bits of Timber / Shannon Breeze / Cheese It / I Saw Her / The Barrack St. Boys / Miss Wilson / Kelly's Reel / Crawford's Reel / The Honeymoon / Six Mile Bridge (1st in set Corney is Coming on Yanks 2) (also singled, also in G, also in Major) (compare The New Road #2536; compare 1st part with 1st part of Bride's to Bed #7008) (composed by Cornelius O'Brien)
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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).
~19499#2
19601.4#2
[WC 4] Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (Bb pipes).
197318#2
[WC 2] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 1. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle).
~19735#2
[Plx 1] Planxty. Planxty. Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandola, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán), Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bodhrán). For this tune: Liam O'Flynn (pipes), Liam O'Flynn? (whistle), Andy Irvine (mandolin).
~197822#2
[CmA 1] The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. Pakie Duignan (flute).
~19868#3
[HMSP] Joe Burke, Michael Cooney, Terry Corcoran. Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part. Joe Burke (accordion), Michael Cooney (pipes, whistle), Terry Corcoran (guitar, vocals).
~19885#2
[RBPOL 1] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. The South West Wind. Traditional Music from County Clare. Ronan Browne (pipes), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle). For this tune: (B pipes), (fiddle).
~19981#1
[JMcE] John McEvoy. Returning. John McEvoy (fiddle).
~199913#2
[CNea 1] Colin Nea. The Pure Box. Colin Nea (accordion).
~19996#1
[Trc] Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin and Patrick Ourceau. Tracin'. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (concertina), Patrick Ourceau (fiddle). For this tune: (fiddle), (Bb/F concertina).
20014#2
[FDys] Davy Spillane and Kevin Glackin. Forgotten Days. Davy Spillane (pipes, whistle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle). For this tune: (pipes), (fiddle).
~20036#2
[MMlvy] Mick Mulvey. Within a Mile o' Jamestown. Mick Mulvey (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute).
20059#1
[KHPL] Kitty Hayes and Peter Laban. They'll Be Good Yet. Kitty Hayes (concertina), Peter Laban (C pipes). For this tune: Peter (pipes).
20062#2
[MOR 2] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Inside Out. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
20125#2
[PDArcy] Patrick D'Arcy. Wallop the Spot. Patrick D'Arcy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (D pipes).
~20129#1
[MORDOM] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh and Danny O' Mahony. As It Happened. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina), Danny O' Mahony (accordion).
20141.3#1
[Yanks 2] The Yanks. Haymaker. Dan Gurney (accordion), Dylan Foley (fiddle, whistle), Sean Earnest (guitar, bouzouki), Isaac Alderson (flute, pipes, tenor saxophone, whistle).
20141#1
[SSands 1] Seamus Sands. Across Bridges. Traditional Irish Fiddle Playing. Seamus Sands (fiddle).
~201413#1
[BOCCOD1] Blackie O'Connell and Cyril O'Donoghue. Friars Green. Blackie O'Connell (pipes), Cyril O'Donoghue (vocals, bouzouki, guitar). For this tune: (D pipes).
~20156#3
[CEgan] Claire Egan. Turning Tides. Claire Egan (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Knotted Cord
Plx 1, CmA 1, MMlvy
Connaught Heifers
WC 4, RBPOL 1
Tom Ward's Downfall
TaisLFid
Tie the Bonnet
WC 2
Lucky in Love
HMSP
Fiddler's Choice
CNea 1
Farewell to Connaught
FDys
Ryan's Rant
MOR 2
Garrett Barry's
PDArcy
Geoghegan's Fancy
CEgan
Played beforeOn Albums
All Hands Around
TaisLFid
Merry Harriers
JMcE
Maids of Tulla
Trc
Abbey Reel
FDys
Johnny Allen's
KHPL
King of the Clans
MOR 2
Kilfrush
PDArcy
Beauty Spot
MORDOM
New-Mown Meadows
Yanks 2
Flowing Bowl
SSands 1
First Year in BuncranaBOCCOD1

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 #1548 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #762 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #8 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
On page 161 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #173 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As reel #47 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #19 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.
As tune #85 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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