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Tune ID#4376 (All Hands Around)

Transcription of first 2 bars of All Hands Around about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JDr 2 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
All Hands Around (note that 1st part is the same as the 1st part of The Tipsy Parson included here in book FT, a tune which the more modern Ralph Page thought he had composed) (compare distantly Limber Up #4718)
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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#3
[TaisLFid] Taisce Luachmhar (Valuable Treasure) - The Fiddle Album. Joe Milton (fiddle).
199515#2
[JDr 2] Joe Derrane. Return to Inis Mór. Joe Derrane (accordion).
~20153#2
[OMcD 2] Oisín Mac Diarmada. The Green Branch. An Géagán Glas. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Corney Is Coming		TaisLFid
Jenny Picking Cockles		JDr 2
Avonmore		OMcD 2

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 #1188 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #467 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 93 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #73 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #258 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [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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