Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on July 6th 2003 by gian marco.
This tune has been added to 118 tunebooks.
Also known as The Harp And Shamrock.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Harp And The Shamrock, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|:gf|edBc dBGB|AGEF GA(3Bcd|e2ed efge|dBAG A2BA|
GEED E2DE|GABG A2gf|eage dBGB|AGGF G2:|
|:(3Bcd|e2ed efgf|eddB d2BA|GABG cdec|dBAG (3ABc BA|
GEED D3E|GABG A2gf|eage dBGB|AGGF G2:|
The Harp and the Shamrock
Source : Alan & John Kelly : "Fourmilehouse"
Transcription: g.m.p.
# Posted on July 6th 2003 by gian marco
A very beautiful one! Thanks.
# Posted on July 6th 2003 by Henk Bos
Thanks, Gian Marco! Kevin Crawford's unaccompanied flute playing of the tune on Lunasa's new album is really lovely.
I'm curious about the composer of the tune. Who is Pat Crowley?
# Posted on July 7th 2003 by slainte
Lovely tune, sounds nice after The Mountain Ranger hornpipe (in D Maj), not in Bb as sometimes played under alternative name of Rose-bud reel
I'll try to submit tune shortly
# Posted on July 9th 2003 by Enob
Pat Crowley? Is it the same guy who plays in Mary Black band?
# Posted on March 31st 2004 by EastPole
The Harp and the Shamrock
The other night, I got hooked on Sean Smyth's playing of Mick O'Connor's, the tune that follows The Harp and the Shamrock on Lunasa's Redwoods cd. And after listening to Kevin Crawford's lovely job on this tune I decided I had to suss it out too. I gather he's on an Eb flute, playing this out of the "G" position, and it comes out as follies:
X: 1
T: The Harp and the Shamrock
C: Pat Crowley
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
gf|edAB dBGB|AGEF G2 B/c/d|e2 ed egge|dBAG AABA|
|GEED EEDE|GGAG A2 gf|dege dBGB|AGEF G2 gf|
|edAB d2 B/A/G|AGEF G2 B/c/d|e2 ed egge| dBAG AABA|
|GEED EEDE|GGAG A2 gf|dege dBGB|AGEF G2 B/c/d||
|:e2 ed eggf|eddB d2 BA|GAAG B/c/d e/f/g|dBAG A2 BA|
|G~E3 D3 E|GGAG A2 gf|dege dBGB|1 AGEF G2 B/c/d:|2 AGEF G2 gf||
I'll leave it to you to choose when to cut and when to tap to separate the doubled notes (mostly E's A's and G's). The ~E3 roll in the last line of the B part sounds less like a roll and more like three E eighth notes with a more deliberate cut and tap breaking them up. Kevin also plays |GDEG D3 E| for that measure.
# Posted on February 7th 2005 by Will CPT
From the liner notes of John Carty's "At it again":
"The second hornpipe [The Harp and the Shamrock] Dan Collins played for me, Brian McGrath and Arty McGlyn during the recording of my last album. It's starting to become quite a hit around Ireland and rightly so. Pat Crowley composed the tune and recorded it with Johnny McCarthy. He named it after his parents' pub in Kinsale, Co. Cork."
# Posted on March 20th 2006 by withak
"The Mountain Top/Ranger Hornpipe"
This is for 'Enob' who suggested these two as a set:
Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on April 23rd 2006 by you.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5699
# Posted on April 23rd 2006 by ceolachan
A bit lame as a hornpipe. It's ok as a reel with minor changes to the part endings. Otherwise it doesn't really go anywhere.
# Posted on May 9th 2007 by Dow
Who scuffed up your blue suede shoes?
# Posted on May 9th 2007 by ceolachan
Harp and shamrock
Garry Currie
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by Amckay
Harp and shamrock
Garry Currie plays a really nice version on his cd "up the steps" - a solo dancing practice cd. (definately worth a listen).
Kevin Crawford's version on Reedwood sounds more like a slow reel whereas Garry's is very definate/strong HP timing.
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by Amckay