Banks Of The Quay: A Song History
Alan Ng’s irishtune.info classifies “Banks of the Quay” as a march in G major, 32 bars long in two repeated strains, and suggests that its opening strain be compared with that of “I’ll Tell Me Ma.”[1] The only recording of it in that index is by De Danann, who played it on C whistles ahead of “Crucharan Cross” on Selected Jigs Reels and Songs, recorded in Germany in 1976 and released in 1977 and 1978.[1][2] irishtune.info found no transcription of the tune in any of the books it indexes.[1]
The Quays, Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland, photochrom print, between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication. The sources consulted here do not identify the quay of the tune’s title.
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