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3182 (Bó Mhín na Toitean)
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 ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|
| March | 32 | AABB | A Mixolydian |
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Bó Mhín na Toitean / The March of the Mín na Toiteán Bull / The Drunken Piper / Johnny Doherty's March / The Highland Lassie Going to the Fair (as Untitled March on JD 4; 1st in set Up & About on FullSt 2; 1st in set The Bull's March on CVlly) (also in D) To get to your personal tune notes, Log in or Create an account Note shared with my friends: Note to myself only:
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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.
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| Year | Track #Tune? | [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments). |
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| 1977 | 21#1 | [JD 4] John Doherty. Bundle and Go. John Doherty (fiddle). |
| ~2002 | 2#1 | [Boh 3] Bohola. Bohola. Jimmy Keane (piano accordion), Sean Cleland (fiddle, viola, baritone fiddle), Pat Broaders (dordan, bouzouki, vocals). |
| ~2005 | 5#1 | [A LG] Altan. Local Ground. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Mark Kelly (guitar, bouzouki, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki, mandolin), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Dáithi Sproule (guitar, vocals). |
| ~2013 | 6#1 | [FullSt 2] FullSet. Notes after Dark. Janine Redmond (accordion), Martino Vacca (pipes, whistle), Michael Harrison (fiddle, snare drum), Teresa Horgan (vocals, flute), Eamonn Moloney (bodhrán, glockenspiel, percussion), Andrew Meaney (guitar, bass guitar). For this tune: 1st 2 times Janine (accordion). |
| ~2015 | 5#1 | [BHarp 1] Bríd Harper. Bríd Harper. Bríd Harper (fiddle). |
| ~2016 | 1#1 | [CVlly] Cillian Vallely. The Raven's Rock. Cillian Vallely (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes). |
Goes Well with . . .
In the above Discography, this tune is:
| Played before | On Albums |
|---|
| Moving-On Song | Boh 3 |
| Con McGinley's Highland | A LG |
| Up and About in the Morning | FullSt 2 |
| Tartan on the Heather | BHarp 1 |
| 40 March | CVlly |
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 88 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available] |
| On page 163 of [Altan] Martin Tourish. Altan. The 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
only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900):
1977 Please cite your source when you use information from this document. © 2000–2026 Alan Ng. Questions? Comments? Please use the easy Feedback Form. Thank you! Start at irishtune.info