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Tune ID#6113 (Peggy on the Settle)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Peggy on the Settle about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording WatReeds (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABA Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Peggy on the Settle / Pegg in the Settle / Drousy Maggie / Kitty Clover / Boil the Breakfast Early (compare 1st part with 1st part of In and Out the Harbor #1568; compare distantly Oyster Wive's Rant #8426)
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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).
19926#2
[FVlly 2] Fintan Vallely and Mark Simos. Back to the Starry Lane. Irish and Scottish Traditional Music on Flute and Guitar. Fintan Vallely (flute), Mark Simos (guitar).
~199513#2
[WatReeds] Tommy Keane, Jacqueline McCarthy, with Alec Finn. The Wind among the Reeds. Tommy Keane (pipes, whistle), Jacqueline McCarthy (concertina). For this tune: (pipes), (concertina).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Lexy Macaskill's Reel		FVlly 2
O'Reilly's Greyhound		WatReeds
Played beforeOn Albums
Dan Breen's		FVlly 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 tune #1245 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #518 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #163 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
On page 104 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [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): 1903
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