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Tune ID#7151 (Mama's Pet)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Mama's Pet about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SunBanks (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Mama's Pet / The Kilfinane (as Gan Ainm on PCrbry)
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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).
~200012#2
[CMcCnl 2] Cathal McConnell. Long Expectant Comes at Last. Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (Eb flute).
~200912#3
[PCrbry] Peter Carberry. Traditional Irish Music from Co. Longford. Peter Carberry (accordion, banjo, tenor guitar). For this tune: (Eb accordion), with Angelina Carberry (banjo).
20138#2
[SunBanks] Edel Fox and Neill Byrne. The Sunny Banks. Edel Fox (concertina, fiddle), Neill Byrne (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Big John's Hard Jig		CMcCnl 2
James Bourke's		PCrbry
Drive the Cows Home		SunBanks
Played beforeOn Albums
Nightingale		SunBanks

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 jig #43 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [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): 2000
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