O'Keefe's

polka

Key signature: Bminor

Submitted on July 23rd 2003 by Nutty Nessie.

This tune has been added to 77 tunebooks.

Also known as The Cobbler's, The Cobbler, High Point , O'Keefe's, O'Keeffe's, Padraig O'Keefe's, Padraig O'Keeffe's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Flick Of The Wrist by Brendan Larrissey
• A Musical Trip To Coleman Country by Various Artists
• A Selection Of His Music by Dermot Grogan
• Achill Air by Des Cafferkey
• All Ireland Champion Musicians Singers And Dancers On Tour Of Australia by Na Ridiri
• Banish Misfortune by Malcolm Dalglish And Grey Larsen
• Barefoot On The Altar by Chulrua
• Beltaine: Celtic Harp by Jennifer Van Der Harten
• Beo - Live by Slide
• Blasad Ghaidhlig - A Taste Of Gaelic by Dawn And Margie Beaton
• Bümpliz Süd by An Lar
• Cairde Cairdín by Diarmuid O'Brien
• Ceol As Sliabh Luachra by Julia Clifford And Billy Clifford
• Ceol Cill Na Martra by Connie O'Connell
• Ceol Mor by Ceol Mor
• Cóisir: House Party by Máire O'Keeffe
• Cold In April by Mat Walklate
• Comb Your Hair And Curl It by Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh
• Coppers And Brass by Dick Gaughan
• Cork Folk Festival Archive: Celebrating 21 Years by Various Artists
• Craic Of Dawn by An Tor
• Cronin And Burke by Johnny Cronin And Joe Burke
• Culann's Hounds by Culann's Hounds
• D Is For Dulcimer by Glenn Morgan
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 10 by Matt Cunningham
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 3 CD Version by Matt Cunningham
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 9 by Matt Cunningham
• Dawn In The Hills Of Ireland by Marty O'Keefe
• Different State by Paudie O'Connor
• Eavesdropper by Kevin Burke And Jackie Daly
• Echoes Of Sliabh Luachra by Billy Clifford
• Elftones by The Elftones
• Feadoga Stain 2 by Mary Bergin
• Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Fonnchaoi by Verena Commins And Julie Langan
• For The Sake Of Old Decency by Cathal McConnel And Len Graham
• Gleanntan by Sliabh Notes
• Happy Hour by Donal Murphy
• Herding Cats by Gaelic Storm
• In Company by Tom Walsh
• In The Tradition by Boys Of The Lough
• Irish Traditional Flute Solos And Band Music From Kerry And Tipperary by Billy Clifford
• Island To Island by Various Artists
• Jackie Daly And Seamus Creagh by Jackie Daly And Seamus Creagh
• Johnny O'Leary Of Sliabh Luachra by Johnny O'Leary
• Little Fires by Hanz Araki
• Live At Martyrs' by Gan Bua
• Memoire Celte, Vol. 2 by Broken String
• Mi.da:za by North Cregg
• Mind The Dresser: Music For The Sets Volume 2 by Various Artists
• Mna Na HEireann by Macalla
• Molly's Revenge Four by Molly's Revenge
• Music For The Set by Johnny O'Leary
• Music For The Sets - Volume 6: Face The Hob by Various Artists
• Music From Sliabh Luachra by Denis Murphy
• Musical Memories by Tom Dunne And Joe Banjo Burke
• Mysterious Ireland by Various Artists
• On Oiche Go Maidin by O'aces
• One And All: The Best Of Cherish The Ladies by Cherish The Ladies
• Out And About by Cherish The Ladies
• Out In The Night by Fisherstreet
• Overneath by Slide
• Passing Time by Mary And Jim Coogan
• Phosphorescence by Alys Howe
• Rince: Complete Irish Dancing Set - First Steps And Beyond by Various Artists
• Round The House And Mind The Dresser: Irish Country House Dance Music by Various Artists
• Sceal Eile by Gerry Harrington And Eoghan O'Sullivan
• Sé by Lunasa
• Second Album by Boys Of The Lough
• Sessions From..... by An Teach Beag
• Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume III by Various Artists
• Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume IV by Various Artists
• Sharon Shannon by Sharon Shannon
• Shatter The Calm by Dan Beimborn
• Stockton's Wing by Stockton's Wing
• Streetlife by Patrick Street
• Taking Note by Meitheal Cheoil
• Tempered by Last Night's Fun
• Temple House 2 by Temple House Ceili Band
• The Best Of De Danann by De Danann
• The Chieftains 4 by The Chieftains
• The Ewe With The Crooked Horn by Colm Gannon, Jesse Smith And John Blake
• The Fiddle, The Voice by Nancy Conescu And Gerry Harrington
• The Humours Of Lisheen by John And Julia Clifford
• The Irish Concertina Two by Noel Hill
• The Lark In The Morning : Songs And Dances From The Irish Countryside by Various Artists
• The Long Finger by Barry Carroll And Joe McHugh
• The Mist Covered Mountain by De Danann
• The Night Of The Fair: Traditional Irish Music From Sliabh Luachra by Dan Herlihy And Friends
• The Road To Riley by Riley School Of Irish Music
• The Roseland Barndance by North Cregg
• The Sharon Shannon Collection 1990 - 2005 Disc 1 by Sharon Shannon
• The Star Spangled Molly by De Danann
• The Tempest by Robbie Hannan
• Traditional Irish Music by Setanta
• Traditional Irish Music (traditional Music Session From Belfast) by Various Artists
• Traditional Music From The Kingdom Of Kerry by Jimmy Doyle And Dan O'Leary
• Tread by Tread
• Tunes For Practice by Seamus Creagh
• Unheard by Eddie Clarke
• Whirlwind by Brian Hughes

X: 1
T: O'Keefe's
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Bmin
Bc|:"Bm"dB bB|"D"de f>e|"Bm"dB bB|"A"c/B/A/c/ ef/e/|!
"Bm"dB bB|"D"de f>e|"Bm"d>e "D"f/e/d|1"Bm" B2 B>c:|2 "Bm" B2B2||!
|:"Bm"fe/f/ ba|"D"fe f>e|"Bm"dB bB|"A"c/B/A/c/ ed/e/|!
"Bm"fe/f/ ba|"D"fe f>e|"Bm"d>e "D"f/e/d|1"Bm" B2 B2:|2 "Bm"B2 B>c||!

This is one of my favorite tunes (and this from a guy who gnashes his teeth at most polkas!), learned off a Cherish the Ladies cd--great version there. They start out slow, as an air more or less, then crank it up and adding some brilliant 1/16 runs.

I usually play the 2nd and 6th measures of the B part as:
|fe f/a/f/e|

# Posted on July 25th 2003 by Will Harmon

"O'Keefe's / The Cobbler's Polka" ~ moved back from the 'future'

The following three settings are from a duplication of this tune and other offerings in the comments for it:

"The Cobbler Polka"
Submitted on June 10th 2006 by new-strings.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5849

K: b minor
|: B>c |
dB bB | de f>e | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e>c |
dB bB | de f>e | de f/e/d | B2 :|
|: B2 |
f2 ba | fe f>e | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e2 |
f2 ba | fe f>e | de f/e/d | B2 :|

K: e minor
|: E>F |
GE BE | GA B>A | GE BE | F/E/D/F/ A>F |
GE BE | GA B>A | GA B/A/G | E2 :|
|: E2 |
B2 ed | BA B>A | GE BE | F/E/D/F/ A2 |
B2 ed | BA B>A | GA B/A/G | E2 :|

# Posted on June 10th 2006 by new-strings

K: b minor
|: fB bB | de f>e | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e/g/f/e/ |
fB bB | de f2 | ff f/e/d | B2 B2 :|
|:ff/f/ ba | fe fe | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e/g/f/e/ |
|ff/f/ ba | fe fe | ff f/e/d | B2 B2 :|

# Posted on June 25th 2006 by Clifardo Albrechto

# Posted on June 25th 2006 by ceolachan

O'Keeffe's Polka/The Cobbler/High Point Polka

On their 'Barefoot On the Alter' album, Chulrua play this in Am and call it "High Point Polka":

X: 2
T: High Point Polka
S: Chulrua, Barefoot On the Alter
Z: Nigel Gatherer
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Bmin
cA aA | cd e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ de/d/ |
cA aA | cd e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 :|
a2 ge | dc e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ d2 |
a2 ge | dc e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 :|

# Posted on January 13th 2012 by nigelg