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Tune ID#49 (Aggie Whyte's)

These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording AWhyte (details in the Discography below).

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	32	AABB	G Major

Basic musical information on this tune.

Rhythm ?

Bars

8-bar phrase structure

Mode ?

Reel

AABB

G Major

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

Aggie Whyte's / Aggie Whyte's Reel / Aggie White's / Ríl Úna de Faoite / Paddy Kelly's / Paddy Kelly's Reel / Aggie Whyte's Chattering Magpie / Aggie White's Chattering Magpie / The Chattering Magpie / Father Ahearn's / Father Kelly's / Ní fios (also in F) (composed by Paddy Kelly, although miscredited to Father Kelly on MulcFam1)

Discography

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).
1962	2.26#1	[AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle).
~1980	13#1	[JKn 2] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion).
~1986	18#1	[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).
1990	10#1	[MLIIA] The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival - My Love Is in America. Paddy Reynolds (fiddle).
~1991	6#2	[Fisherst] Fisherstreet. Out in the Night. John McMahon (concertina, pipes), Seamus McMahon (fiddle, flute), Dermot Lernihan (accordion), Noreen O'Donoghue (harp, keyboards, piano), Frank Cullen (mandola, mandolin), Maurice Coyle (guitar).
~1993	9#1	[JMd 1] Joanie Madden. A Whistle on the Wind. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle). For this tune: (flute), with Joe Madden (accordion).
~1993	13#3	[MB 2] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin 2. Mary Bergin (whistle). For this tune: (E whistle).
~1995	10#2	[CHssn 3] Carl Hession. Ceol Inné Ceol Inniu Old Time New Time. Kevin Carey (fiddle), Christy Dunne (banjo), Kevin Crawford (flute), Jackie Daly (accordion), Frankie Gavin (fiddle).
1996	12#3	[BrdgGap] Kevin Moloney, Sean Moloney. Bridging the Gap. Kevin Moloney (fiddle), Sean Moloney (flute). For this tune: Kevin Moloney (fiddle).
1999	12#1	[MOBAL] Michelle O'Brien, Aogán Lynch and Gavin Rolston [sic]. Michelle O'Brien, Aogán Lynch and Gavin Ralston. Michelle O'Brien (fiddle), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Gavin Ralston (guitar).
~2000	14#1	[MulcFam1] The Mulcahy Family. The Mulcahy Family. Mick Mulcahy (accordion, concertina), Louise Mulcahy (flute, pipes), Michelle Mulcahy (accordion, concertina, harp). For this tune: Louise (flute).
2003	14#2	[Mona] Live at Mona's. Cillian Vallely (pipes), Patrick Ourceau (fiddle), Brian Holleran (flute).
~2005	5#3	[CTL 11] Cherish the Ladies. Woman of the House. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, harmony vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar, mandolin, banjo, banjitar, octave mandolin), Heidi Talbot (vocals), Roisin Dillon (fiddle), Mirella Murray (accordion).
~2007	1#1	[RdOnly] Brian McNamara and Tim Collins. Reed Only. Brian McNamara (pipes), Tim Collins (concertina).
2012	10#1	[BrtEarly] Paddy O'Brien, Nathan Gourley, and Dáithí Sproule. Bright and Early. "Something to Crow About". Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Dáithí Sproule (guitar).
2015	14#1	[JOR 2] Jason O'Rourke. The Northern Concertina. Jason O'Rourke (concertina). For this tune: with Teresa Clarke (fiddle).

Played after	On Albums
Paddy Bartley's	Fisherst
Pride of Rathmore	MB 2
Sarah's Delight	CHssn 3
Yellow Tinker	BrdgGap
Dark-Haired Lass	Mona
Gooseberry Bush	CTL 11

Played after

On Albums

Fisherst

MB 2

CHssn 3

BrdgGap

Mona

CTL 11

Played before	On Albums
Miss Thornton's	AWhyte, HMSP, JMd 1
Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire	JKn 2
Boys of Ballisodare	MLIIA
Hanly's Tweed	Fisherst
Tilly Finn's	MOBAL
Bells of Tipperary	MulcFam1
Roscommon Reel	Mona
Woman of the House	CTL 11
Small Hills of Offaly	RdOnly
Paddy Canny's Toast	BrtEarly
Aggie's Wedding	JOR 2

Played before

On Albums

Miss Thornton's

AWhyte, HMSP, JMd 1

Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire

JKn 2

MLIIA

Fisherst

MOBAL

MulcFam1

Mona

CTL 11

Small Hills of Offaly

RdOnly

Paddy Canny's Toast

BrtEarly

Aggie's Wedding

JOR 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 #186 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
On page 242 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As reel #692 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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?

Tune ID#49 (Aggie Whyte's)

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