Banks of Newfoundland (2) (The)

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Theme code Index	33 11H 53 32
Also known as	Bruacha Thalamh an Éisc, Fhuiseog ar an Trá (An)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Brendan Breathnach
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ceol Rinnce na h-Éirreann vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 8, p. 5.
Year of publication/Date of MS	1963
Artist	Biography:P.J. Conlon
Title of recording	From Galway to Dublin
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder Records
Year recorded	1993
Media
Score ()

<abc float="left"> X:1 T:Banks of Newfoundland M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Jack Coen R:jig Z:Lesl K:G GGA|:B2A BGD|GBd ~g3|ded BGA|BAG AGA| B2A BGD|GBd g2g|ded BGA|1 BGG G2A:|2 BGG G2B|| |:d2g gfg|e2a aga|bge dBG|BAG ABc|1d2g gfg|e2a aga|bge dBA| BGF G2B:|2 B2A BGD|GBd g2g|ded BGA| BGG G3|| </abc>

BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND [2], THE (An Fhuiseog ar an Trá). AKA and see "Bruacha Thalamh an Éisc." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Breathnach): AABB (Harker/Rafferty, Taylor.) There is another version of this tune in Breathnach's Irish Folk Dance Music (No. 129).

Source for notated version: a 1928 recording by P.J. Conlon (d. 1954), originally from County Galway, on the one-row melodeon, via the group Shaskeen (Ireland) [Taylor]; accordion player John Brophy/Sean O Broithe (Ireland) [Breathnach]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 8, pg. 5. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 204, pg. 63. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 45, pg. 34.

Recorded sources: Rounder Records, P.J. Conlon (et al) - "From Galway to Dublin" (1993. Reissue compilation, originally recorded in 1928. Varlet & Spottswood note that Conlon was one of the first Irish musicians to be recorded, dating from early in the second decade of the 20th century). Shaskeen - "The Mouse Behind the Dresser." Shaskeen - "Shaskeen Live." P.J. Conlon - "From Galway to Dublin" (reissue CD). See also listing at: Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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