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Tune ID#514 (Dinny Delaney's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Dinny Delaney's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SK 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Single jig32AABBD Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Dinny Delaney's / Dinny Delaney / Dinney Delaney's / Denis Delaney's / The Old Hag in the Kiln / The Old Hag at the Kiln / The Hag in the Kiln / An Chailleach sa Tornóig (2nd in set Old Hag You Have Killed Me on BB 2 and BB 5) (also as slide or double jig, both included here) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Kissing & Drinking #6673)
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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).
~197516#2
[SK 1] Seán Keane. Gusty's Frolicks. Seán Keane (fiddle).
19768#2
[BB 2] The Bothy Band. Old Hag You Have Killed Me. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Kevin Burke (fiddle), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, clavinet, harmonium), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán). For this tune: opens with Kevin Burke (fiddle).
19768#2
[BB 5] The Bothy Band. The Best of the Bothy Band.
~197610#2
[TP 2] Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady. The High Part of the Road. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar).
~19781#3 (2:09)
[Ch 8] The Chieftains. 8. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán).
~19782#1
[KB Cap] Kevin Burke. If the Cap Fits. Kevin Burke (fiddle).
~19958#1
[MMR 1] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Dangerous Reel. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Old Hag You Have Killed Me
BB 2, BB 5
Gol na mBan san Ár
SK 1
Silver Slipper
TP 2
Fraher's
Ch 8
Played beforeOn Albums
Morrison's Jig
BB 2, BB 5
Yellow Wattle
KB Cap
Lark in the Morning
MMR 1

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 #88 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As tune #81 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As slide #10 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As sgjig #33 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.
As tune #167 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): 1972