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Tune ID#5363 (Joe Bane's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Joe Bane'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 PS 8 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Polka32AABBA Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Joe Bane's / The Hermit from Killarney / Nonie Sacking Turf / Bina O'Keeffe's Favorite (1st in set Joe Bane's Polkas on CKeane 2; 2nd in set Bill O' Malley's Polkas on AMacN 1) (also in B Minor) (compare Last Chance Polka #6140)
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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).
~19972#1
[CKeane 2] Conor Keane. Oidhreacht. Conor Keane (accordion).
199913#2
[AMacN 1] Andrew Mac Namara. Dawn. Andrew Mac Namara (accordion).
~20028#3
[PS 8] Patrick Street. Street Life. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Ged Foley (guitar, vocals), Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals). For this tune: 1st time Jackie Daly (accordion).
~20041#1
[PdOCo] Paudie O Connor. Different State. Paudie O Connor (accordion).
~200611#1
[DCB 1] The Doon Céilí Band. Around the World for Sport. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Kate Dowling (flute), Laura MacKenzie (flute), Brian Miller (flute), Jode Dowling (fiddle), Django Amerson (fiddle), Sean Egan (piano).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Joe Bane's		AMacN 1
Denis O'Keeffe's Slide		PS 8
Played beforeOn Albums
Joe Bane's		CKeane 2
Newmarket		PS 8
Tom Barrett's		PdOCo
Goat's Polka		DCB 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 #81 in [CRE 4] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 4. [available]
On page 37 of [SLoP] Paul Deloughery. Sliabh Luachra on Parade. [available]
On page 51 of [SLoP] Paul Deloughery. Sliabh Luachra on Parade. [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): 1900
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