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Tune ID#7912 (Jaunting Car)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Jaunting Car about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MDhrty (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Single jig16ABD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Jaunting Car, The / The Boys from Mullingar / The Humours of Limerick (also 2nd part or both parts doubled) (compare #8158)
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Discography cd

Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

Click play below to hear the first 12 seconds.
Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
19493.3#1

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played beforeOn Albums
Off She Goes
MDhrty

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 #589 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As sgjig #1 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