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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below to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1904 | 1.6#1 | [FONC] The Francis O'Neill Cylinders. Thirty-two Recordings of Irish Traditional Music in America circa 1904. Patsy Touhey (pipes). |
| ~1923 | 1.22#1 | [JMcK] John McKenna. The Music and Life of John McKenna. 'The Buck from the Mountain'. John McKenna (flute, whistle, lilting, vocals). For this tune: (F flute). |
| 1925 | 2.4#2 | [JMcK] John McKenna. The Music and Life of John McKenna. 'The Buck from the Mountain'. John McKenna (flute, whistle, lilting, vocals). For this tune: 1st time (whistle), then with Michael Gaffney (banjo mandolin). |
| 1925 | 4#2 | [OTUS1] Oldtime Records. Vol. 1. U.S. Recordings. Traditional Irish Recordings from the 1920's and 1930's. John McKenna (whistle), Michael Gaffney (banjo-mandolin). |
| 1925 | 1.14#2 | [JMcK] John McKenna. The Music and Life of John McKenna. 'The Buck from the Mountain'. John McKenna (flute, whistle, lilting, vocals). For this tune: (flute), with Michael Gaffney (banjo mandolin). |
| 1927 | 2.5#1 | [MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
| 1929 | 19#2 | [WW 2] The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 2. Michael Carney (pipes), James Morrison (fiddle). |
| ~1948 | 7#1 | [JDJO] Joe Derrane and Jerry O'Brien. Irish Accordion Masters. Joe Derrane (accordion), Jerry O'Brien (accordion). For this tune: O'Brien. |
| 1951 | 1.29#2 | [MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, vocals). For this tune: Michael Gorman (fiddle), Mick Flynn (flute). |
| ~1951 | 2.10#1 | [AL2] The New Demesne. Field Recordings Made by Alan Lomax in Ireland, 1951. Ballinakill Ceili Band. |
| 1967 | 2.10#1 | [MByrnes2] Máirtín Byrnes. The Inimitable Máirtín Byrnes. Máirtín Byrnes (fiddle, vocal). |
| ~1969 | 1.4#1 | [FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Roger Sherlock (flute). |
| ~1977 | 6#3 | [Ch 7] The Chieftains. 7. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle, bones), Seán Keane (fiddle, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, oboe), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán). For this tune: 1st time Seán Keane (fiddle). |
| ~1977 | 7#2 | [ECst] Traditional Irish Music in America. The East Coast. John Vesey (fiddle), Eddie Cahill (flute). |
| 1978 | A.7#2 | [ECahill] Eddie Cahill. Ah! Surely. Eddie Cahill (flute). For this tune: with Mick (mandolin). |
| ~1978 | B.5#2 | [NF] Joe Shannon, Johnny McGreevy. The Noonday Feast. Joe Shannon (pipes), Johnny McGreevy (fiddle). |
| ~1980 | 17#2 | [ICTM] Ireland. Irlande. Aodha O Maoldhomhnaigh aka Hugh Mullowney (lilting). |
| ~1984 | 10#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). |
| ~1989 | 19#1 | [PMrphy] Paddy Murphy. In Good Hands. Field Recordings from a Pioneer of the Irish Concertina. Paddy Murphy (concertina). |
| 1990 | 5#1 | [COG 1] Conal O Gráda. The Top of Coom. Conal Ó Gráda (flute). |
| ~1991 | A.1#1 | [Di] Ditherum. Reeling between Bars. Catherine Drapier (vocals, guitar), Eileen Healy (vocals, guitar), Edel Sullivan (fiddle), Pádraig Kelleher (flute), Donal Lyons (percussion). For this tune: Pádraig (flute), Edel (fiddle). |
| ~1993 | 8#2 | [CKeane 1] Conor Keane. Cooley's House. Conor Keane (accordion). |
| 1996 | 12#3 | [TCB 3] The Tulla Ceili Band. A Celebration of 50 Years. P. J. Hayes (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Francis Donnellan (fiddle), Mark Donnellan (fiddle), J. J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), Jim Corry (piano), Michael Flanigan (drums). |
| ~1996 | 14#1 | [JBrosnan] John Brosnan. The Cook in the Kitchen. John Brosnan (accordion). |
| ~1996 | 1.5#1 | [WFO 1] Wooden Flute Obsession. Catherine McEvoy (flute). |
| 2000 | 12#1 | [MOR 1] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). |
| 2001 | 1#1 | [TrsCl] Turas Cheoil. A Musical Odyssey: A compilation of music from the traditional musicians of Toronto. Ena O'Brien (accordion), with Pat O'Gorman (flute), with ceili band.. |
| ~2001 | 14#2 | [JCt 3] John Carty. Yeh, That's All It Is. John Carty (fiddle, guitar). |
| 2002 | 6#2 | [AJK] Alan and John Kelly. Fourmilehouse. Alan Kelly (piano accordion), John Kelly (flute, whistle). For this tune: Alan Kelly (piano accordion). |
| ~2002 | 4#3 | [Fns] Feenish. Rabharta. P.J. Hernon (accordion), Marcus Hernon (flute, whistle), Don Stiffe (vocals, guitar, whistle). |
| ~2007 | 1.11#1 | [CLnn 2] Charlie Lennon. Turning the Tune. Charlie Lennon (fiddle, viola, piano, harpsichord, bass, keyboards). |
| ~2007 | 16#2 | [PHGH 2] Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington. The Merry Love to Play. Peter Horan (flute), Gerry Harrington (fiddle). |
| 2009 | 5#2 | [RoClare] Riches of Clare. Paul Madden, Maria O'Donnell, Sinéad Heagney, Eimear Howley. |
| ~2009 | 13#1 | [DubMMe] Liam O'Connor and Seán McKeon. Dublin Made Me. Liam O'Connor (fiddle, viola), Seán McKeon (pipes). For this tune: Liam (fiddle). |
| ~2012 | 1#3 | [MiMulc] Michelle Mulcahy. Suaimhneas. Michelle Mulcahy (harp). |
| ~2016 | 11#2 | [MLostCon] Jesse Smith, Sean Gavin, John Blake. Music from the Lost Continent. Jesse Smith (fiddle), Sean Gavin (flute), John Blake (piano). |
