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Tune ID#649 (Flowers of Red Hill)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Flowers of Red Hill about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BB 1 (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):
Flowers of Red Hill, The / Flowers of Redhill / The Clogher Reel / The Clougher / Hills of Clogher / Dan McCarthy's Fancy / Dan McCarty's Fancy / Country Girl's Fortune / The Pigeon on the Gate / An Colúr ar an nGeata / The Pigeon on the Pier / Pigeon on the Pier / Country Girl's Fortune / Dan McCarty's Fancy / League and Slasher / Gallagher's Best / Reidy's Reel / The Athol Braes / The Scotch Braes / The Drinking Reel / The Drunken Tailor / The Wandering Tinker / Lagan Slashers / The Lagan Slashers (2nd in set Jim Colemans Reels on ST KCF; 1st in set Red Hill Burning on GOC 2; 2nd in set The Kitchen Sink Set on Socks 2) (also in Mixolydian) (compare as jig #6959; compare Flowers of Redhill #2419 and Maid in the Cherry Tree #2184; compare 1st part with 1st part of Merry Harriers #1273 and with 1st part of Cuffe Street #1457)
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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).
~19715#2
19752#2
[BB 1] The Bothy Band. 1975. The First Album. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Donal Lunny (bouzouki, vocals), Tríona Ni Dhomhnaill (harpsichord, bodhrán, vocals), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (guitar, vocals).
~19762#2
[ST KCF] Séamus Tansey. King of the Concert Flute. Remastered. Séamus Tansey (flute).
~19767#2
[TP 2] Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady. The High Part of the Road. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar).
~19761.1#4
[DD 2] De Danann. Selected Jigs Reels and Songs. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute, whistle), Charlie Piggot (banjo, melodeon, mandolin, whistle, bouzouki), Johnny Moynihan (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, whistle, harmonica), Alec Finn (bouzouki), Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh (bodhrán, bones).
197811#2
[BB 4] The Bothy Band. After Hours. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute), Dónal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, keyboards, bodhrán), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, keyboards).
197812#2
[BB 5] The Bothy Band. The Best of the Bothy Band.
~19916#1 (0:20)
[BT] Baal Tinne. . . . About Time. Noel Rice (flute, whistle), Kevin Rice (bodhrán, percussion), Cathleen Rice (fiddle), Matt Sundstrom (guitar), Paul Cienniwa (piano, keyboards).
~19935#2
[CmA 2] The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place. Dominic Rushe (Eb whistle).
~19979#1
[KHe] Kevin Henry. One's Own Place - A Family Tradition. Kevin Henry (flute, whistle, pipes, vocals). For this tune: with Maggie Healy (flute).
~19992#1 (2:02)
[GOC 2] Gerry O'Connor. Myriad. Gerry O'Connor (banjo, fiddle, guitar). For this tune: (banjo, fiddle).
200112#3
[PHCB] Public House Ceili Band. Go Figure. Dan Cobb (banjo), Dave Delgado (whistle), Alan Ng (fiddle), Bob Newton (octave mandolin).
~20038#2
[JCt 4] John Carty. At It Again. John Carty (fiddle).
201315#4
[Friel1] The Friel Sisters. The Friel Sisters. Anna Friel (flute, whistle, vocals), Sheila Friel (pipes, flute, whistle, vocals), Clare Friel (fiddle, whistle, mouth organ, vocals).
~201512#2
[Socks 2] Socks in the Frying Pan. Return of the Giant Sock Monsters from Outer Space. Shane Hayes (accordion), Aodán Coyne (guitar, vocals), Fiachra Hayes (fiddle, banjo).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Green Groves of Erin
BB 1, TP 2, BB 4, BB 5, PHCB
Fairy Reel
ST BST
Sandmount
DD 2
Jim Coleman's
ST KCF
Connemara Stockings
JCt 4
Miss Monaghan
CmA 2
Sailing into Walpole's Marsh
Friel1
Flowers of Red Hill
Socks 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Jim Donoghue's
ST KCF
Seán sa Cheo
KHe
Ladies of Leinster
JCt 4
Princess Gardens
Socks 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 #1283 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #548 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #250(i) in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As tune #7 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 111 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As reel #83 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #20 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 21 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 36 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #105 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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