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). |
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1927 | 10#1 | [IFM] Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. Michael C. Hanafin (fiddle), Daniel Moroney (whistle). |
~1947 | 2.3#1 | [WC 4] Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes). |
~1951 | 2.32#1 | [AL2] The New Demesne. Field Recordings Made by Alan Lomax in Ireland, 1951. Seamus Ennis (C# pipes). |
~1973 | 3#1 | [SE 2] Seamus Ennis. The Pure Drop. Seamus Ennis (pipes). For this tune: (C# pipes). |
~1976 | 13#1 | [MM 1] Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute). |
~2000 | 11#1 | [BMcNmr 1] Brian McNamara. A Piper's Dream. Brian McNamara (pipes). For this tune: (C pipes). |
~2009 | 14#1 | [PCrbry] Peter Carberry. Traditional Irish Music from Co. Longford. Peter Carberry (accordion, banjo, tenor guitar). For this tune: (Bb accordion). |
~2010 | 6#1 | [SODwyer] Seán O'Dwyer. Irish Trad Concertina from Beara. Seán O'Dwyer (concertina). For this tune: (G/D concertina). |
2011 | 13#1 | [HDvls 2] The House Devils. Crossing the Ocean. Matt Fahey (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, resonator guitar), Mat Walklate (harmonica, flute, vocals, whistle, pipes), Andrew Dinan (fiddle), Anthony Haller (double bass). For this tune: Mat Walklate (harmonica). |
~2011 | 5#1 | [SailCrvt] Paddy O'Brien, Tom Schaefer, Paul Wehling, Erin Hart. The Sailor's Cravat. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Tom Schaefer (fiddle), Paul Wehling (bouzouki), Erin Hart (vocals). |