The Morning Star
hornpipe
Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on September 29th 2005 by Ptarmigan.
This tune has been added to 25 tunebooks.
Also known as The Tide Coming In .
Recordings of a tune by this name:
- Aislinn (A Vision) by The Celtic Jazz Collective
- All Ireland Champions by The Leitrim Ceili Band
- Archives #2 by Jean Carignan
- As Long As You're Enjoying Yourself by John Brennan And John McGillian
- Brock McGuire Band by Brock McGuire Band
- Concertina Music From West Clare by Elizabeth Crotty
- Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 2 by Matt Cunningham
- Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 7 by Matt Cunningham
- Dead String Rhythm by Flynn Cohen
- Down The Ivory Stairs by Padraic O'Reilly
- Dratsville by Greanstalk
- Dublin Banjos by Sully And John Keenan
- Encore by Celtic Fiddle Festival
- Evening Comes Early by John Doyle
- Farewell To Ireland CD 1 (of A Box Set Of 4) by Various Artists
- Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
- Fonn Le Fonn by Tomas O'Ceannabhain
- From The Heart by Ian Sherwood,Gordon Duncan And Hudson Swan
- Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 1 by Waltons Recording
- Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
- Live In Lisdoonvarna by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
- Martin Hayes by Martin Hayes
- Open Hearth by Mary And Andrew MacNamara
- Out Of The Wind Into The Sun by The Bothy Band
- Patrick Kelly From Cree : Fiddle Music by Patrick Kelly
- Riding Towards Life by Evergreen
- Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh by Eddie Clarke, Sean Corcoran, Maeve Donnelly, Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill
- Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume III by Various Artists
- Sheepskins by John Kirkpatrick
- Slán Le Loch Eirne by Seamus Quinn And Gary Hastings
- Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
- The Green House by Grey Larsen And Paddy League
- The Iron Man by Tommy Peoples And Daithi Sproule
- The Piping Of Patsy Touhey by Patsy Touhey
- The Star Above The Garter by Denis Murphy And Julia Clifford
- The Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
- The Wheels Of The World: Classics Of Irish Traditional Music by Various Artists
- Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
- Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
- Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo, And Harp by Oisin MacDiarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, And Michael O Ruanaigh
- Undertones by Adrian Barker And Ben Stephenson
- Wind And Reeds by Paudie O'Connor And John O'Brien
X: 1
T: Morning Star, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
GA|:BABG E2 FG|ABAF D2 GA|BABG EFGE|D2 G2 G2 GA|
BABG E2 FG|ABAF D2 GA|BABG EF (3GFE|1 D2 G2 G3 A:|2 D2 G2 G4||
BABd efge|dcBA G2 GA|BABd efge|f2 d2 d4|
BABd efge|dcBA G2 GA|BABG EF (3GFE|D2 G2 G4||
The Morning Star
This tune is No. 26 in Gary Hasting's book 'with Fife and Drum' & is played by Fifers as a Hornpipe.
It is clearly taken from the Reel of the same name.
# Posted on September 29th 2005 by Ptarmigan
I'm pretty sure all those "Recordings of this tune" are of the Reel version, not this Hornpipe one!
# Posted on September 30th 2005 by Ptarmigan
I can't quite hear the connection with the reel. It's a lovely tune, anyway. I wouldn't like to speculate as to its true origins, but it's played in England as a morris tune.
# Posted on April 4th 2009 by CreadurMawnOrganig
The Morning Star
The reel and the hornpipe are obviously the "same" tune, but surely the reel derives from the hornpipe rather than the other way round. The melody of the hornpipe is quite well-developed, whereas that of the reel seems "trimmed-down".
I'd guess that all the "Recordings of this tune" are of the reel version - the list there looks pretty much the same. The hornpipe version seems to have been quite common among traditional players in England (and Wales - Bowen's book of hornpipes from Welsh sources has am early 19th century version), but the B music was usually simpler than the printed version, with its hint of modulation (William Kimber's version, which he called "Double Lead Through", presumably after a figure in a dance, is particularly idiosyncratic). In fact, I don't think I know of ANY Irish sightings of the hornpipe version.
# Posted on August 31st 2009 by phil heheir
The introductory notes sound just like:
‘Oh me name it is Sam Hall’.
# Posted on June 10th 2010 by birlibirdie
Morning Star
As a belated rider to my previous note I see that "Allen's" calls this tune a hornpipe.
# Posted on October 24th 2010 by phil heheir