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The Mayday

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 1st 2009 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.

Also known as Paddy McGurn's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Mayday, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
|:A>G|F>GA>B c>BA>G|A>dd>c d2e>f|g>fe>d c>de>d|c>BA>F G>BA>G|
F>GA>B c>BA>G|A>dd>c d2e>f|g>fe>d c>de>d|c2A2 A2:|
|:f>g|a2a>f g2g>e|f2f>d e2e>f |g>fe>d c>de>d|c>BA>F G>BA>G|
F>GA>B c>BA>G|A>dd>c d2e>f|g>fe>d c>de>d|c2A2 A2:|

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The Mayday sheetmusic
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The Mayday Hornpipe

This hornpipe was learnt off Teada's first album. "The Dog Big and Dog Little" is cited as the source, where it is recorded as Paddy McGurn's. It seems Paddy was a box player from Boho, Co. Fermanagh.

# Posted on May 1st 2009 by slainte

Strange.....

I could have sworn this was here already. Good one "slainte".

# Posted on May 1st 2009 by Kenny

First of May

It could well\be a version of the first of may hornpipe with the c all sharp perhaps to suit a c#d box player....

# Posted on May 3rd 2009 by corncrake

Paddy McGurn's

This tune also appears in the "Hidden Fernmanagh " publication, with a reference that Seamus Quinn of Dog Big and Dog Little learned it from Paddy McGurn of Boho, Fermanagh

# Posted on May 19th 2009 by southsider

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