about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | D Major |
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MC (details in the Discography below).
DiscographyHere 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. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 1.11#1 | [MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
| 1926 | 10#1 | [LR 1] Leo Rowsome. Classics of Irish Piping. Leo Rowsome (pipes). |
| 1932 | 17#1 | [IDM 1] various. Irish Dance Music. |
| 1967 | 13#1 | [PitS] various. Paddy in the Smoke. Martin Byrnes (fiddle), Danny Meehan (fiddle), Bobby Casey (fiddle), Tony McMahon (accordion), Andy Boyle (fiddle), Jimmy Power (fiddle), Jimmy Dunleavy (fiddle), Sean O'Shea (fiddle), Con Curtin (fiddle), Denis McMahon (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle), Tommy Maguire (accordion), Father O'Keeffe (mandolin), Lucy Farr (fiddle), Edmond Murphy (fiddle). |
| 1975 | 22#1 | [JnKlly] John Kelly. Irish Traditional Concertina and Fiddle Music. John Kelly (concertina, fiddle). |
| 1978 | 9#1 | [KKgn] Kevin Keegan. The Music of Kevin Keegan. Kevin Keegan (accordion). |
| ~1978 | 2#2 | [SE 5] Seamus Ennis. The Fox Chase. Seamus Ennis (pipes). |
| ~1993 | 9#2 | [MB 2] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin 2. Mary Bergin (whistle). |
| 1996 | 12#2 | [AW] Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, with Felix Dolan. Atlantic Wave. Paddy Reynolds (fiddle), Charlie Mulvihill (accordion), James Keane (accordion). |
| ~1996 | 2#1 | [LN 1] Laurence Nugent. Traditional Irish Music on Flute and Tin-Whistle. Laurence Nugent (flute, whistle). |
| ~1996 | 7#1 | [JB 3] Joe Burke, Charlie Lennon. The Bucks of Oranmore. Joe Burke (accordion), Charlie Lennon (piano). |
| ~1998 | 10#1 | [MvC 2] Moving Cloud. Foxglove. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán), Carl Hession (piano). |
| ~1998 | 11#1 | [KR] Kevin Rowsome. The Rowsome Tradition. Kevin Rowsome (pipes). |
| 2000 | 1#3 | [MOR] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). |
| 2001 | 12#1 | [KlmFcy] Catherine McEvoy and John McEvoy. The Kilmore Fancy. Catherine McEvoy (flute), John McEvoy (fiddle). |
| ~2003 | 6#2 | [JCt 4] John Carty. At It Again. John Carty (fiddle). |
BibliographyHere are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As tune #1043 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #5 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #28 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." |
| As tune #36 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| On page 60 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic]. |
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?