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Tune ID#849 (Huidai Gallagher's March)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Huidai Gallagher's March about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JD 4 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBA Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Huidai Gallagher's March / Huidaí Gallagher's March / Hudie Gallagher's March / Gallagher's March / Darby Gallagher's / Gallagher's / Murphy's Delight (2nd in set Paddy Hiúdaí's Jigs on JByrne 1; 2nd in set The Wedding Jig on A FTY; 3rd in set Stormy Night on TOCAM; 2nd in set Hudí's on Fdl 2) (also in D)
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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).
19771#1
[JD 4] John Doherty. Bundle and Go. John Doherty (fiddle).
19901.2#2
[JByrne 1] James Byrne. The Road to Glenlough. James Byrne (fiddle).
19908#2
[A RC] Altan. The Red Crow. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute, whistle, vocals), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki).
19904#2
[A FTY] Altan. The First Ten Years 1986/1995. see A RC.
~19919#2
[LFinger] Joe McHugh and Barry Carroll. The Long Finger. An Mhéar Fhada. Joe McHugh (pipes, whistle, keyboard, bouzouki), Barry Carroll (hammered dulcimer, keyboard).
~19916#1
[PG 2] Paddy Glackin. Rabharta Ceoil. In Full Spate. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán). For this tune: with Séamus Glackin (fiddle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle).
20022#3
[EGrs 1] Eliot Grasso. Standing Room Only. Eliot Grasso (pipes). For this tune: with Patrick (fiddle).
~200512#3
[TOCAM] Tony O'Connell and Andy Morrow. Tony O'Connell and Andy Morrow with Arty McGlynn. Tony O'Connell (concertina), Andy Morrow (fiddle).
~20091#2
[Fdl 2] Fidil. 3. Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (fiddle), Aidan O'Donnell (fiddle), Damien McGeehan (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Wedding Jig
A RC, A FTY
James Byrne's
JByrne 1
Hag at the Churn
EGrs 1
Maid at the Well
TOCAM
Wellington's Advance
Fdl 2
Played beforeOn Albums
James Byrne's
A RC, A FTY
[untitled]
JD 4
Con Cassidy's
PG 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 recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
On page 175 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
On page 85 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As jig #23 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
On page 142 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.

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): 1977