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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#479 (Death of Queen Jane)

Basic musical information on this tune.
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Song

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Death of Queen Jane, The (composed by Dáithí Sproule (melody only, ca. 1971. The text is an English ballad))

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Discography

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).
1978	6#1	[BB 4] The Bothy Band. After Hours. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute), Dónal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, keyboards, bodhrán), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, keyboards). For this tune: Mícheál Ó Domhnaill.
1978	11#1	[BB 5] The Bothy Band. The Best of the Bothy Band.
~1995	9#1	[Tri 2] Trian. Trian II. Liz Carroll (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Dáithí Sproule (guitar, vocals).

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): 1978

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