Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1639 (Rakes of Mallow)

RhythmMode
PolkaG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Rakes of Mallow
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of the transcription in the book A (details in the Bibliography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Rakes of Mallow, The / Rakes of Mallow / The Rakes of Marlow (for The Walls of Limerick in book MM) (also in D)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

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

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19947#3[NMCMM] various. The Northern Meeting. Celtic Music in Milwaukee. View album details

Bibliography

Here 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 recording listed above.

As tune #1814 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #119#3 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 30 of [RW] Robin Williamson. The Penny Whistle Book. [available]
On page 4 of [Ba] Betty M. Barlow. Fiddle Tunes for the Violinist. [available]
As misc #33 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 17 of [MR] Barbara Wygol (tunes), Jenny Loui (text). The Piper's Chair. A Collection of Tunes and Folklore from Micho Russell.
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 237 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As tune #100 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. [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 the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903
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