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Cooley's

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 17th 2002 by lazyhound.

This tune has been added to 97 tunebooks.

Also known as Coolie's, Coolies, Joe Cooley's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Cooley's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
(3def|gG {A}(3GFG (3EFG DC|B,G, B,D GB dB|(3cdc Ac (3BcB GB|cB AG A2 (3def|
gG {A}(3GFG (3EFG DC|B,G, B,D GB dB|cB AG Fe dc|{Bc}B2 G2 G2:|
|:(3ddc|BG Bd ed Bd|g2 {a}(3gfg eg dB|dg {a}(3gfg dB GB|cB AG Fe dc|
BG {A}(3GFG {F}(3EDE cE|{F}(3EDE cE DG Bd|ga ge dc BA|{Bc}B2 G2 G2:||

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Cooley's sheetmusic
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The proper name of this tune is "Cooley's Hornpipe", but I have decide to call it "Cooley's #1" for the purposes of The Session to avoid confusion with another tune called "Cooley's", which is a reel and in a different modal key.
This version of Cooley's Hornpipe is an old one by Sean Ryan. His ornamentation brings out the tune and makes it fly!

# Posted on October 17th 2002 by lazyhound

I've changed the name back to "Cooley's".

In the tune submission process, you are asked *specifically* not to add numbers to the end of tune names.

# Posted on October 17th 2002 by Jeremy

Cooley's hornpipe

Composed by Tipperary box-player Paddy O'Brien, (sometimes played in A).

# Posted on October 20th 2002 by Kenny

Paddy O'Brien & Joe Cooley

Apologies to start, as while I've looked for it I haven't been able to find my scrawl with regards to Paddy and his compositions. But, to get things moving forward, and with the hopes that someone else can fill in the blanks - with a name and a transcription, I'll go ahead with the context.

Paddy O'Brien did not write this tune for Joe Cooley, and it wasn't called "Cooley's" or "Joe Cooley's", that happened after the fact. Joe took an immediate liking to it and it was through his playing of the tune, and his particular take on it, that the tune became popular. Paddy didn't play it the same as Joe, who took it a little ways outside of its origins, geographically and melody wise. Paddy liked what Joe did with it, and was chuffed that Joe took such a liking to it, but Paddy kept his way with it. However, with everyone else calling it either "Cooley's" or "Joe Coolie's" Paddy let that slide into what is now accepted by most as its name.

I know I'm not the only one who has this knowledge, as it was generally known around Paddy's mates and Nenagh, and pubs around Lough Derg, up and down river from there. I have some half baked notion that the original title was 'local', geographic? Anyway, when and if I find those notes I will return... But I'm hoping someone else may have a better memory of this and can give Paddy's original take on a name for this tune, as well as a transcription of how he played it...

# Posted on June 5th 2005 by ceolachan

From 'the horse's mouth'

Here's the way it's published under the title, "Cooley's Hornpipe" on page 21 of Paddy O'Brien's book of compositions. It's a bit different and doesn't include the dotted rhythm that the midi file has.

X:1
T:Cooley's
c:Paddy O'Brien
S:The compositions of Paddy O'Brien
Z:Jack Gilder
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:Gmaj
(3def|gG G2 EGDC|B,G, B,D GB dg|e2 ce d2 Bd|(3cBA BGA2 (3def|
gG G2 EGDC|B,G, B,D GB dg|ecAG FAdc|B2 GF G2:|
|:GA|BGBd edBd|g2 bg egdB|c2 ge dGBd|cBA^G A2 dc|
BGDC B,DG=F|E2CE DGBd|gfge dBcA|B2 GFG2:||

# Posted on June 5th 2005 by Phantom Button

Post Paddy ~

Yeah, I have the book too, which was created after the title stuck, and post Paddy too. Would that it weren't, it would have been that much better to have had his stories along with the tunes, and his character and humour. I haven't found that information about the original title yet, but my head is still saying the earliest title for it, and as I first learned it, was geographic...

# Posted on May 29th 2007 by ceolachan

Dylan Foley Plays Cooley's Hornpipe

2nd tune:

http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_251_4_two_hornpipes_from_fiddle_player_dylan_fole/

# Posted on August 15th 2008 by SWFL Fiddler

Flute rendition

Equal time for fluters demands I post a link to fellow who's version I have adopted:

http://toraigh.com/slowsessions/CooleysHornpipe.mp3

# Posted on August 15th 2008 by cjp

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