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Tune ID#7247 (First Night in America)

Transcription of first 2 bars of First Night in America about these two bars
These two bars are quoted from the transcription in the book INvns 2 (details in the Bibliography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
First Night in America, The / My First Night in America / Coolalta
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Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~20129#2
[INvns 2] Iris Nevins. String Theory. Iris Nevins (harp, guitar). For this tune: Linda Hickman (flute).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Boring the Leather
INvns 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 recording listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #851 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #112 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 33 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As jig #60 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #43 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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