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The Poppy Leaf

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 19th 2002 by lazyhound.

This tune has been added to 51 tunebooks.

Also known as Ballyvoe #2, The Ballyvoe, Poppyleaf.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Champion Of Champions by Sean Maguire
Fiddlers Five by Fiddlers Five
Highly Strung by Alistair McCulloch
Lios A 'Cheoil by Tom And Kerry Barrett
Milestone At The Garden by Irish Fiddle Masters From The 78 RPM Era
No Afore Time by Hom Bru
Northern Banjo by Ken Pearlman
The Apple In Winter by Brian Conway And Tony DeMarco
The Fairy Bridges by Josephine Keegan
The Godfather by Brian Rooney
The Sligo Indians by Tony DeMarco
The Sligo Indians by Tony DeMarco
Traditional Music From Doolin, Co. Clare by Kevin Griffin
Traditions by Maggie Sansone

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Poppy Leaf, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|:(3CB,A,|G,B, DG B,D GB|DG Bd GB dg|ed cB cB AG|Fd AF DC B,A,|
G,B, DG B,D GB|DG Bd GB dg|ed cB cD EF|G2 B2 G2:|
|:Bc|dB GB dB gd|ba gf ed cB|cA FA cA fd|ag fe dc BA|
(3BcB GB (3cdc Ac|(3ded Bd e2 dc|Bg dB dc AF|G2 B2 G2:||

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The Poppy Leaf

A lovely illustration of how simple arpeggios and scale passages are combined to make a deligthful tune.

# Posted on October 19th 2002 by lazyhound

"The Poppy Leaf / Poppyleaf" ~ with triplets ~ back from the future

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on November 22nd 2006 by AngusF.

Worried that this might disappear in a digital puff of smoke, being a duplication, I've brought AngusF's take on it here:

R: hornpipe
K: G Major
|: (3CB,A, |
G,B,DG B,DGB | DGBd GBdg | edcB cBAG | FdAF (3DED (3CB,A, |
G,B,DG B,DGB | DGBd GBdg | edcB cDEF | (3GFG (3AGF G2 :|
Bc |
(3dcB GB (3dcB gd | bagf edcB | (3cBA FA (3cBA fd | agfe dcBA |
(3BAB (3GAB (3cBc (3ABc | (3d^cd (3B=cd (3ege dc | BgdB dcBA | (3GFG BA G2 Bc |
(3dcB (3GAB (3dBd (3gdg | (3bag (3agf (3gfe (3dcB | (3cBA (3A^GA (3DFA (3eab | (3c'ba (3bag (3agf (3gfe |
B/c/d/B/ (3GAB (3cBc (3ABc | (3d^cd (3B=cd (3ege dc | (3Bdg (3dcB cDEF | (3GFG BA (3GBd g2 ||

# Posted on November 23rd 2006 by ceolachan

Poppyleaf

Thanks for grabbing the variations ceolachan, I was duffed up by Jeremy today and was coming back to submit the tune as a comment.

# Posted on November 23rd 2006 by AngusF

Sorry about our hoot earlier, I really do value these additions, and I also like trebbling things myself, sometimes to excess. I confess guilt there ~ ;-) I'm glad your contribution remains...

# Posted on November 23rd 2006 by ceolachan

Ballyvoe Hornpipe

On Kevin Griffin's album "Trad Music from Doolin", he plays the Poppyleaf as a second tune in a set of two hornpipes. The track is entitled "The Ballyvoe Hornpipes" (Ballyvoe being in Clare, near where Kevin is from) so I've put it in as an alternative title.

# Posted on December 30th 2006 by 52Paddy

Wow, if this is Irish, then it's a rare example of a good Irish hornpipe.

# Posted on November 14th 2007 by Dow

Soundlantern recording

This is a recording of myself on 26/06/2008, using an mp3 player:

http://www.soundlantern.com/UpdatedSoundPage.do?ToId=4213&Path=poppy.mp3

I learned this from the playing of Brian 'The Godfather' Rooney.
Listen to his version - it's much better ;)

# Posted on June 26th 2008 by Hup