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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 1.14#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: (flute), with Michael Gaffney (banjo mandolin). |
| 1926 | 18#2 | [OTPR] Oldtime Records. Vol. 3. Piping Rarities. Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Band: Daniel J. Murphy (pipes),Michael C. Hanafin (fiddle), Thomas Ryan (fiddle), Daniel P. Moroney (piccolo), Dan Sullivan (pipes). |
| 1927 | 1.7#2 | [MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, vocals). For this tune: Tom Gannon (fiddle). |
| 1928 | 19#2 | [BFair] Ballinasloe Fair. Early Recordings of Irish Music in America. Michael Cashin (fiddle). |
| 1930 | 14#2 | [Sunshn] "Sunshine". Bart Henry's Traditional Quartet Orchestra: Bart Henry (fiddle), unknown (fiddle), John 'Jakes' Cawley (flute), probably Willie Mulligan (flute). |
| ~1933 | 21#2 | [CmA 3] The Open Door. The Coleman Archive Volume 3. Batt Henry Ballymote Quartet: Batt Henry (fiddle), Pakie O'Brien (fiddle), John Flanagan (fiddle), John 'Jakes' Cawley (flute). |
| 1958 | 1#1 | [PMrphy] Paddy Murphy. In Good Hands. Field Recordings from a Pioneer of the Irish Concertina. Paddy Murphy (concertina). |
| 1960 | 15#1 | [ECr] Elizabeth Crotty. Concertina Music from West Clare. Elizabeth Crotty (concertina). |
| ~1961 | 2#2 | [CmA 3] The Open Door. The Coleman Archive Volume 3. Noel Tansey (flute). |
| ~1971 | 1.11#2 | [FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Sean McGuire (fiddle). |
| 1974 | 5#1 | [RF] Miko, Pakie and Gussie Russell. The Russell Family of Doolin, County Clare. Miko Russell (whistle, flute, vocals), Gussie Russell (whistle), Pakie Russell (concertina). For this tune: Gussie (whistle). |
| ~1974 | 8#4 | [KCB 3] [The Kilfenora Ceili Band]. [The Kilfenora Céilí Band]. |
| ~1976 | 4#2 | [SotC] Armagh Pipers Club. Armagh Pipers' Club [Song of the Chanter]. Disc 10 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Paul Davis (concertina, flutes, harmonica), Eithne Vallelly (fiddle), Pat Daly (harp), Brian Vallelly (pipes, whistle, flute), Niall Vallelly (bodhran). |
| 1978 | A.1#2 | [ECahill] Eddie Cahill. Ah! Surely. Eddie Cahill (flute). |
| 1983 | 11#1 | [FG 2] Frankie Gavin. Croch Suas É. Up and Away. Frankie Gavin (flute, fiddle, whistle, accordion). For this tune: (Bb whistle). |
| 1985 | 5#2 | [PCtCT] Paddy Carty and Conor Tully. Traditional Music of Ireland. Paddy Carty (flute), Conor Tully (fiddle). |
| ~1985 | 10#3 | [Ch BIH] The Chieftains. Music from "Ballad of the Irish Horse". Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle). |
| ~1985 | 7#1 | [JyHenry] Johnny Henry. One Out of the Fort. Johnny Henry (fiddle). For this tune: with Verona Ryan nee Henry (fiddle), Kevin Henry (flute). |
| ~1988 | 3#2 | [RBPOL 1] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. The South West Wind. Traditional Music from County Clare. Ronan Browne (pipes), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle). For this tune: (flute), (flute). |
| ~1992 | 1#4 | [CR 1] Craobh Rua. The More That's Said the Less the Better. Mark Donnelly (pipes, whistle), Michael Cassidy (fiddle), Brian Connolly (banjo, mandolin, bodhrán), Jim Byrne (guitar, mandola, vocals). |
| 1995 | 10#2 | [FMD 1] The Fiddle Music of Donegal. Volume One. Micheal McMenamin (fiddle). |
| ~1996 | 9#1 | [GOh] Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin. Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (concertina, whistle). |
| 1998 | 10#3 | [JWh 6] John Whelan. Come to Dance. John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: with Jim Eagan (fiddle). |
| ~1999 | 1#2 | [KR] Kevin Rowsome. The Rowsome Tradition. Kevin Rowsome (pipes). For this tune: (C pipes). |
| ~1999 | 21#2 | [MtRd] The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. Seamus Quinn (fiddle), James McDonagh (flute). |
| 2001 | 1#2 | [PHCB] Public House Ceili Band. Go Figure. Dan Cobb (banjo), Dave Delgado (whistle), Alan Ng (fiddle), Bob Newton (octave mandolin). |
| 2003 | 1#1 | [MHyDLd 1] Michael Hynes and Denis Liddy. Waifs and Strays. Michael Hynes (flute), Denis Liddy (fiddle). |
| ~2010 | 2#2 | [SPotts] Seán Potts. Number 6. Seán Potts (whistle). For this tune: (C whistle). |
| ~2014 | 5#3 | [LoMulc 1] Louise Mulcahy. Tuning the Road. Louise Mulcahy (flute, pipes, whistle). For this tune: (C pipes). |
| ~2016 | 11#3 | [ACnly 1] Aidan Connolly. Be Off. Aidan Connolly (fiddle, banjo). |
