Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1662 (Reel of Bogie)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel32AABBE Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Reel of Bogie
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording AW (details in the Discography 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):
Reel of Bogie, The / Real o' Bogee / The Reel of Body / The Long Chase / The Tramps / The Tramp's / The Stile of Ballylanders / Style of Ballylanders / Maun's Fancy / The Cuffstreet Lasses (compare 1st part with 1st part of Burnt Cabbage #3679; compare 2nd part with 1st part of Boogie Reel #2862)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

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. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19716#2[AW] Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, with Felix Dolan. Atlantic Wave. Paddy Reynolds (fiddle), Charlie Mulvihill (accordion), James Keane (accordion).View album details
~197414#1[KCB 3] [The Kilfenora Ceili Band]. [The Kilfenora Céilí Band]. View album details
~198812#2[PO] Paddy O'Brien with Daíthi Sproule. Stranger at the Gate. Paddy O'Brien (accordion).View album details
19908#2[MLIIA] various. The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival - My Love Is in America. View album details
~20027#2[BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle).View album details
~20071.6#1[CLnn 2] Charlie Lennon. Turning the Tune. Charlie Lennon (fiddle, viola, piano, harpsichord, bass, keyboards).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 recordings listed above.

As tune #1449 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #683 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #178 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #9 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 141 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As reel #215 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #210 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. [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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