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Tune ID#6193 (Phil the Fluter's Ball)

Basic musical information on this tune.
Type ?
Song
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Phil the Fluter's Ball / Delaney's Donkey (also as barndance) (compare reel Music at the Gate #1379)
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Discography cd

Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~19242.9#1
[PJConlon] Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929. Peter J. Conlon (melodeon). For this tune: Shaun O'Farrell (vocals).
~201513#2
[ShMulch] Shane Mulchrone. Solid Ground. Shane Mulchrone (banjo, guitar).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
O'Flynn's Fancy		ShMulch
Played beforeOn Albums
Miss Thornton's		PJConlon

Bibliography

I have found zero transcriptions of this song anywhere on the indexed books. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. If you want to actually learn to sing this song, simply learn it from a fellow singer or from a recording listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1924
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