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Tune ID#5951 (I Was Born for Sport)

Transcription of first 2 bars of I Was Born for Sport about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording CtNGn (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
I Was Born for Sport / Barbara Needhams / Barbara Needham/ The Clare Island Rowing Tune (1st in set Bye A While on PRynne 1) (also in D Mixolydian or E Dorian) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Cailleach an Airgid #788)
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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).
~20041#1
[PRynne 1] Pádraig Rynne. Bye a While. Pádraig Rynne (concertina).
20097#2
[RoClare] Riches of Clare. Shane Mulvey, Siobhán Peoples, Murty Ryan, Martin Dermody.
201212#1
[CtNGn] Caitlín Nic Gabhann. Caitlín. Caitlín Nic Gabhann (concertina, dance).
~201310#1
[JOBM 2] Jimmy O'Brien Moran. Take Me Tender.... Jimmy O'Brien Moran (B pipes).
~201712#3
[NSGSGL] Caroline Keane and Tom Delany. Never Say Goodbye, Say Good Luck. Caroline Keane (concertina), Tom Delany (pipes).
~20182.10#3
[MuMayo] Music of Mayo. Ceol Mhaigh Eo. Emer Mayock (flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Clancy's Jig		RoClare
Mist-Covered Mountain		NSGSGL
Yourself Along with Me		MuMayo
Played beforeOn Albums
Butlers of Glen Avenue		PRynne 1
Miller's Maggot		RoClare
Anthony Frawley's		CtNGn
An Cearc is an Coilleach		JOBM 2

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 jig #496 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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): 1998
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