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Tune ID#4585 (Amhrán na Trá Báine)

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Type ?
Song
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Amhrán na Trá Báine / The Song of the White Strand / Curachaí na Trá Báine / Amhrán an Bhá / Amhran an bha / The Song of Drowning (1st in set The Desert Road on MMcG 3) (also as air) (composed by Bríd Ní Mháille)
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Discography cd

Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
19602.11#1
[SltSdt] Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. Seosamh Ó hÉanaí (vocals).
~199713#1
[NMllgn 2] Neil Mulligan. The Leitrim Thrush. Neil Mulligan (C# pipes).
~200113#1
[PACarb] Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry, John Blake. Memories from the Holla. Peter Carberry (accordion), Angelina Carberry (banjo), John Blake (guitar). For this tune: Peter (accordion).
~200414#1
[JCnly 3] Johnny Connolly. An Mileoidean Scaoilte. Johnny Connolly (melodeon).
~200610#1
[MMcG 3] Michael McGoldrick. Wired. Michael McGoldrick (flute, whistle, pipes, mandolin, bodhrán). For this tune: (Bb flute).
202114#2
[CplySt 2] Nathan Gourley / Joey Abarta / Owen Marshall. Copley Street 2. Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Joey Abarta (B pipes), Owen Marshall (bouzouki). For this tune: Nathan (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Siege of Guingamp		CplySt 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Cucanandy		NMllgn 2
Choice Wife		PACarb
Helvic Head		MMcG 3
Road to Lisdoonvarna		CplySt 2

Bibliography

I have found zero transcriptions of this song anywhere on the indexed books. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. If you want to actually learn to sing this song, simply learn it from a fellow singer or from a recording listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1960
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