Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on July 13th 2003 by nobu.
This tune has been added to 74 tunebooks.
Also known as Bank Of Turf, Padraic O'Keeffe's, Padraig O'Keefes, Tom Billy's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Bank Of Turf, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
dB|:ABA DFA|BAF DFA|dcd ede|~f3 def|
~g3 gab|afd B3|1efe e2d|cBA AdB:|2ABA efe|d3 dcd||
|:eAA efg|fdd fga|gfe fed|edB ABd|
eAA efg|fdd fga|gfe dcB|1A3 Bcd:|2A3 AdB||
Bank of turf
nobu,
this is definitely not the hornpipe of the same name on Liam O'Flynn's unnamed first recording.
What is the source for this tune?
I's a nice tune anyhow!
# Posted on July 13th 2003 by swisspiper
Bank of turf
This is a great tune - I think I learned it from a Tommy Peoples record ~? 'The Iron Man' isn't it?
# Posted on July 13th 2003 by stephen wilson
Bank of Turf
I don't know the full story but there was something about Padraig O' Keefe writing the notation for this jig on a bank of turf in the bog when passing on the melody to a fellow musician (possibly Dennis Murphy). Maybe this is just a "folk tale" but at least it puts this great tune into a Sliabh Luachra context.
# Posted on July 14th 2003 by Bannerman
The Bank Of Turf
This is also called " Padraig O'Keefes " on ( one of ) Mary Bergins records, and I think on Denis Murphy's with Julia Clifford CD ( Star above the Garter)
Pat Higgins
# Posted on July 17th 2003 by Pat Higgins
More than one tune got the bank treatment when young Dennis Murphy passed Padraig O'Keefe while Padraig was out cutting the peat...
# Posted on December 7th 2005 by ceolachan
Stephen - this is called Tom Billy's on 'The Iron Man' by Tommy Peoples & Daithi Sproule.
# Posted on July 17th 2006 by Tize
Gan Ainm appearance
The Bank of Turf appears as Gan ainm on John Whelan's Celtic Roots (Spirit Of Dance) http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/949
# Posted on March 18th 2008 by chrizei