Hundred Pipers

jig

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on December 19th 2002 by lazyhound.

This tune has been added to 98 tunebooks.

Also known as 100 Pipers, The 100 Pipers, A Hundred Pipers, Durham Reel, The Durham Reel, The Hair Fell Off My Coconut, The Hair Of The Coconut, The Hundred Pipers, I'll Eat No More Of Your Barley Bread, March Of The 49th (Sault-Ste-Marie) Field Artillery, March Of The 49th Field Artillery, One Hundred Pipers, The Regimental March Of The Royal West Kents, Single, Thousand Pipers, Wi' A Hundred Pipers, Wi' A Hundred Pipers, A' A', An' A', With A Hundred Pipers.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
• 40th Anniversary 1946 - 1986 by The Tulla Ceili Band
• Celtic Reels And Jigs - The Blackberry Blossom by Various Artists
• Dance Music Of Ireland by Jerry O'Brien, Joe Derrane And The Irish All Stars
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 2 by Matt Cunningham
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 3 CD Version by Matt Cunningham
• Dawn In The Hills Of Ireland by Marty O'Keefe
• From Foot Cape by Ian Mac Dougall
• Harmonic Motion by Slide
• High Clouds by Greenfield Dance Band
• In Season by Wild Asparagus
• Irish Accordion Masters by Joe Derrane And Jerry O'Brien
• Johnny O'Leary Of Sliabh Luachra by Johnny O'Leary
• Laments And Merry Melodies From Cape Breton Island by Theresa Morrison
• Man With The Wooden Flute by Chris Norman
• Phantom Power by Phantom Power
• The Blackberry Blossom by Mary MacNamara
• The Bluebell Polka by Jimmy Shand
• Traditional Music From Newfoundland by Graham Wells
• Traditions by Maggie Sansone

X: 1
T: Hundred Pipers
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amaj
|:c2E EFE|F2A A2f|e2c cBA|BcB BAB|
c2E EFE|F2A A2f|e2c BcB|1 A3 A2B:|2 A3 c2d||
|:e2e ece|f2a agf|e2c cBA|BcB Bcd|
e2e ece|f2a agf|e2c BcB|A3 A2B:||

From the New England Fiddler's Repertoire. A well-known tune.

# Posted on December 19th 2002 by lazyhound

Hundred pipers

"Wi' a hundred pipers, an a , an a,....." what a concept!
There seems to be a lot of this New England Fiddler's repertoire coming from Scotland!
A version of this tune is played in Kerry as a slide, according to Johnny Leary's book of tunes . It has the unlikely title of "The Hair Fell off Of Me Coconut" - try singing it to the tune:

"The Hair Fell off Of Me Coconut",
The Hair Fell off Of Me Coconut" ,
The Hair Fell off Of Me Coconut",
Now wouldn't you like it baldy ?"

Would I make this up ?

# Posted on December 20th 2002 by Kenny

A lot of Scots must have ended up in New England! Any confirmation from our friends in the USA?

trevor

# Posted on December 20th 2002 by lazyhound

Jigs as slides

I think that Scottish jigs in rhythms like this one, and tunes like "Cock Yer Pistol Charlie" sound better as slides. Maybe the Irish thought so too.

# Posted on December 20th 2002 by Dow

Kenny, I was just browsing through the Johnny O'Leary collection the other day, and I'll back you up on that.

# Posted on December 21st 2002 by OrganicPeatCreature

Hundred Pipers

Any rockers from the 50s still around will be familiar with the Lord Rockingham's 11 version of this tune known as "Hoots Mon there's a Moose Loose aboot this Hoose" - a great tune for saxaphones but not a version the purists would approve of !!

# Posted on December 22nd 2002 by Bannerman

~ a colleciton compiled by Randy Miller and Jack Perron:

http://www.randymillerprints.com/
http://www.randymillerprints.com/fiddletunebooks.htm

# Posted on November 20th 2005 by ceolachan

100 Pipers

This tune is the Regimental March of the Royal West Kents (dispanded) It is also known in Ireland as 'I'll eat no more of your Barley Bread'

# Posted on July 10th 2007 by Free Reed

"Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra: Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border" ~

edited by Terry Moylan
The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 1994
ISBN: 1-874675-42-2

Another transcription of this as a slide:
Page 79, tune #135: "The Hair Fell off my Coconut"

As mentioned previously by Kenny & granama...

# Posted on September 5th 2008 by ceolachan

"The Hair Fell Off My Coconut" ~ other ways with it

X: 2
T: Hair Fell Off My Coconut, The
T: Hundred Pipers, A
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: AMaj
|: AB |\
c2 E E^DE F2 A A2 f | e2 c cBA c2 B B^AB |
c2 E E^DE F2 A A2 f | e2 c BcB A3- A :|
|: AB |\
c2 e ece f2 a a2 f | e2 c- cBA c2 B B^AB |
cee ec/d/e faa agf | ecc B^AB =A2 G A- :|

# Posted on September 5th 2008 by ceolachan

R: slide

# Posted on September 5th 2008 by ceolachan

"The Durham Reel" ~ English Country Dance / Traditional Northumbrian Melody

AB rather than AABB

X: 3
T: Durham Reel, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amaj
A/B/ |\
c2 E E>FE | F2 A A2 f | e2 c c>BA | B2 B B2 A/B/ |
c2 E E>FE | F2 A A2 f | e2 c B>cB | A2 A A2 ||
c/d/ |\
e2 e e>ce | f2 a a2 f | e2 c c>BA | B2 B B A/B |
c2 E E>FE | F2 A A2 f | e2 c B>cB | A2 A A2 |]

Descriptions for the dance can be found in several sources inlcuding EFDSS's "Community Dances Manual 3"

For an earful, here's an arrangement that exists online in Sibelius Scorch, you can view and listen too ~

Violin 1
http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=30011
~ the arrangement
http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=29850

# Posted on September 5th 2008 by ceolachan

"The Hundred Pipers March" ~ 4/4

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on December 6th 2008 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9146

# Posted on December 6th 2008 by ceolachan

"The Thousand Pipers" ~ 3/4 waltz

Submitted on September 9th 2009 by Mike Ferris.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9883

# Posted on September 10th 2009 by ceolachan