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Tune ID#552 (Yellow Tinker)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Yellow Tinker about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording PitS (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel24ABCG Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Yellow Tinker, The / An Tincéir Buí / Yellow Tinker / Yellow Tinker #2 (also in A) (compare 1st part with 1st part of -- and much more distantly also 2nd part with the 2nd part of -- #2088)
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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).
19542.5#1
[BnkShn] Paddy O'Brien, Séamus Connolly. The Banks of the Shannon. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Séamus Connolly (fiddle). For this tune: Paddy (accordion).
~19549#1
[POB] Paddy O'Brien. 1922-1991. Paddy O'Brien (accordion).
196710#1
[PitS] Paddy in the Smoke. Sean O'Shea (fiddle), Bobby Casey (fiddle).
~19712.5#1
[EMlny] Eddie Moloney. Eddie Moloney. Master Musician. Eddie Moloney (flute, fiddle, whistle, vocal). For this tune: (flute), with Aggie Whyte (fiddle).
~19819#2
[MM 2] Matt Molloy. Heathery Breeze. Matt Molloy (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute).
~19844#1
[FoNote] Peter O'Loughlin, Paddy Canny, Paddy Murphy, Geraldine Cotter. Friends of Note. Peter O'Loughlin (flute), Paddy Canny (fiddle), Paddy Murphy (concertina), Geraldine Cotter (piano). For this tune: Peter (flute), Paddy C. (fiddle).
~19857#1
[IT 3] The Irish Tradition. The Times We've Had. Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Andy O'Brien (guitar, vocals). For this tune: Billy McComiskey (accordion).
~198516#1
[BigSq] The Big Squeeze. Masters of the Celtic Accordion. Billy McComiskey (accordion).
~199116#1
[NMllgn 1] Neil Mulligan. Barr na Cúille. Neil Mulligan (pipes). For this tune: (B pipes).
~199113#2
[TKn] Tommy Keane. The Piper's Apron. Tommy Keane (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes), with Jacqueline McCarthy (concertina).
199612#2
[BrdgGap] Kevin Moloney, Sean Moloney. Bridging the Gap. Kevin Moloney (fiddle), Sean Moloney (flute). For this tune: Kevin Moloney (fiddle).
~19965#1
[Sol 1] Solas. Solas. Seamus Egan (flute, whistle, guitar, pipes, bodhrán, vocals), Karan Casey (vocals), John Doyle (guitar, vocals), Winifred Horan (fiddle, vocals), John Williams (accordion, concertina, vocals). For this tune: Seamus Egan (flute).
~19961#1
[JB 4] Joe Burke, Charlie Lennon. The Bucks of Oranmore. Joe Burke (accordion), Charlie Lennon (piano).
~19977#2
[NaCnn 1] Na Connerys. Celtic Sessions. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle), Sean Og Potts (pipes, whistle), John Regan (accordion), John Wynne (flute), Tom McDonagh (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar).
~200316#1
[MatH] Brendan Bulger, Marty Fahey, Kathleen Gavin. Music at the House. Brendan Bulger (fiddle), Marty Fahey (accordion, piano), Kathleen Gavin (piano).
~20052.2#1
[WFO 3] Wooden Flute Obsession 3. Ciarán Somers (flute).
20107#2
[MCnDMn] Mick Conneely and David Munnelly. 'Tis What It Is. Mick Conneely (fiddle, bouzouki), David Munnelly (accordion, melodeon).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Contradiction
MM 2
Connaught Heifers
TKn
Master McDermott's
BrdgGap
Woman of the House
NaCnn 1
Jolly Tinker
MCnDMn
Played beforeOn Albums
Sally Gardens
BnkShn, POB, IT 3, BigSq, JB 4
Humours of Scarriff
PitS
Dublin Reel
FoNote
Bucks of Oranmore
NMllgn 1
Aggie Whyte's
BrdgGap
Cranking Out
Sol 1
Miss McLeod
NaCnn 1
Skylark
WFO 3
Longford Tinker
MCnDMn

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 reel #201 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #18 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #100 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
On page 106 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As tune #153 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
On page 120 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #356 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #271 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [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): 1954