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Tune ID#6616 (Follow Me Down to Carlow)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Follow Me Down to Carlow about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BMc 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):
Follow Me Down to Carlow / Follow Me Down / Follow Me Up to Carlow / Dinny Delaney's / Bonnie Annie / Bonnie Anne's Reel / The Crooked Reel / An Ríl Cam / Miss Murphy / Barrel Rafferty's (also as barndance with reversed parts as on CYCHCIt) (compare Follow Me Down to Carlow #656 and Follow Me Down #7532. This tune's signature is the opening contour of its 2nd part.)
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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).
~198112#1
[BMc 1] Billy McComiskey. Makin' the Rounds. Irish Traditional Music. Billy McComiskey (accordion).
~19982#2
[MMR 2] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Old Fireside Music. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle). For this tune: 1st time Mike (flute), then with Mary (whistle).
~200511#1
[ACrby 1] Angelina Carberry. An Traidisiún Beo. Angelina Carberry (banjo). For this tune: with Martin Quinn (accordion).
20078#1
[WTPO] Norah Rendell and Brian Miller. Wait There Pretty One. Norah Rendell (vocals, flute, whistle), Brian Miller (guitar).
~201013#2
[CYHCIt] Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Comb Your Hair and Curl It. Catherine McEvoy (flute), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Dinny Delaney's		MMR 2
Mary Brennan's Favorite		CYHCIt
Played beforeOn Albums
Set the Clock		BMc 1
John Egan's Reel		ACrby 1
Limestone Rock		WTPO
Fowler on the Moor		CYHCIt

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 #1282 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #107 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
As tune #129 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
As tune #146 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [available]
As tune #122 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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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