Don't Touch That Green Linnet

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Double jig	48	AABBCC	D Major

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).
1991	4#1	[FS] Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. Tommy Peoples.
~1998	12#2	[LN 2] Laurence Nugent. Two for Two. Laurence Nugent (flute, whistle). For this tune: (flute), with Liz Carroll (fiddle).
~1998	10#1	[TP 7] Tommy Peoples. The Quiet Glen / An Gleann Ciúin. Tommy Peoples (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Return Home	LN 2

Played before	On Albums
Jocelyn's Tree	FS
Dooish	TP 7

Bibliography

According to my research, there are zero transcriptions that are musically very similar to this tune anywhere in the indexed books, regardless of tune title. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. To learn to play this tune, simply learn it from another musician or study the recording(s) 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): 1991

Tune ID#531 (Don't Touch That Green Linnet)

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Discography

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Bibliography