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Captain John's

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on November 17th 2002 by lazyhound.

This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Captain John's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
|:fg|afge dfed|ceAA ABAG|FAdf gfed|ceAA A2fg|
afge dfed|ceAA ABAG|FAdf gedc|d2dd d2:|
|:cd|eAAA fdfd|eAAA fdfd|gfed dcBA|GBBB B2AG|
FAAA dcBA|cdef gedc|dfaf bgec|d2dd d2:||

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Captain John's sheetmusic
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Trevor, why no info on the tune? Did you get it from a session?

# Posted on May 8th 2007 by Dow

"The Mare" - Scottish ?

I've just posted a transcription of this tune from Tony Cuffe, but Trevor's beaten me to it, although there are significant differences in the settings. Here's what I posted :

This is probably a Scottish reel, from the guitar playing of Tony Cuffe [RIP ]. I seem to remember it originally came from one of the "Kerr's" collections. There is an Irish connection, in that I heard it played by Geraldine Cotter on piano on a recording which was played on Clare FM some time last year. She had a different name, and I'll try to track it down. A favourite tune of mine on whistle, especially for the ascending series of triplets in the second part. Tony always had an ear for a good tune.

# Posted on June 7th 2009 by Kenny

"The Mare" - from the playing of Tony Cuffe

fg |: afge fded | cdec A3 d | cdef gfed | cdBc A2 fg |
afge dfed | cdec A2 z d | cdef gece |1 dfec d2 fg :|2 dfec dgfg |
eA (3AAA g2 fg | eA A2 A2 z g | gfed dcBA | GB B2 B2 AG |
Fd (3ddd ce (3eee | df (3fff eg (3ggg | fgaf bgec |1 d2 dc dgfg :|2 d2 d
c d4 |

# Posted on June 7th 2009 by Kenny

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