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Tune ID#623 (Fiddler round the Fairy Tree)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Fiddler round the Fairy Tree about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording LCTM (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?BarsMode ?
Set dance40D Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Fiddler round the Fairy Tree / Farewell to My Troubles / Good-Bye to My Troubles / Farewell to the Troubles of the World (also as double jig, also in Major)
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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.

Click play below to hear the first 12 seconds.
Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~197811#1
[LCTM] Liz Carroll & Tommy Maguire. Kiss Me Kate. Liz Carroll (fiddle), Tommy Maguire (accordion).
~20189#2
[CTL 18] Cherish the Ladies. Heart of the Home. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, harmony vocals), Mary Coogan (banjo, mandolin, guitar), Mirella Murray (accordion), Kathleen Boyle (piano, harmony vocals).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Humours of Mullin-A-Faunia		CTL 18
Played beforeOn Albums
Planxty Toby Peyton		LCTM
Owen Malone		CTL 18

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 #961 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #184 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #85 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 47 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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