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Tune ID#993 (Johnnie Mickey's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Johnnie Mickey's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JDa 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Polka32AABBA Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Johnnie Mickey's / Johnny Mickey Barry's / Johnny Mickey's Polka / Tourniore Lass / Tourniore Lasses / The Tourniore Lasses / The Wren Polka / Wren Polka / The Wren's Polka / Polca an Dreollín / The Salmon Tailing up the River / Salmon Tailing up the River / The Cuil Aodha Polka (1st in set Polkas on JReidy 3; for 2nd figure of Sliabh Luachra Set on JRSLCB 2) (also in G)
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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).
19779#3
[JDa 1] Jackie Daly. Music from Sliabh Luachra. Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina).
~19781.11#1
[DDoody] Denis Doody. Kerry Music. Denis Doody (accordion).
~19811.1#1
[JReidy 3] Johnny Reidy. Full Polka Set. Ireland's Number One. Johnny Reidy (accordion).
~199011#3
[VK 1] Vinnie Kilduff. The Boys from the Blue Hill. Vinnie Kilduff (whistle, mandolin, guitar, keyboards, bass, bodhrán).
~199714#1
[Shskn 10] Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening. Tom Cussen (banjo, mandolin), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán, bongos), Seán Conway (flute, whistle, guitar), Eamonn Cotter (flute), Mike Fahy (guitar), Charlie Harris (accordion), Geraldine Cotter (piano), Carl Hession (piano).
19988#3
[PS 7] Patrick Street. Live from Patrick Street. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Andy Irvine (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Ged Foley (guitar, fiddle).
~19982#3
[JRSLCB 2] Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band. Music for Set Dancing Vol. II. Johnny Reidy (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Ballyvournie Polka		JDa 1, PS 7
Jimmy Doyle's Polka		VK 1
Kenmare Polka		JRSLCB 2
Played beforeOn Albums
As I Went Out upon the Ice		DDoody
Kenmare Polka		JReidy 3

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 polka #31 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As tune #15 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
As tune #62 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
On page 240 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
On page 109 of [IFMCK] Drew Beisswenger. Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry. [available]
As other #26 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): 1977
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