The Boys Of Ballycastle

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 30th 2003 by Conway.

This tune has been added to 51 tunebooks.

Also known as The Boy's Of Ballycastle, Gypsy, The Gyspy, Leggett's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• In Good Company - The Very Best Of by Kevin Burke
• Live From The National Concert Hall Dublin by Sean Maguire
• Lord Of The Dance by Michael Flatley and Ronan Hardiman
• The First Month Of Summer by Buttons And Bows
• The Orkney Sessions From The Ayre Hotel by Various Artists
• Traditional Music On The Hammer Dulcimer by John Rea
• Up Close by Kevin Burke

X: 1
T: Boys Of Ballycastle, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|:ef|gfed edBd| edeg B2 BA|G2 GA BABd|e2 A2 A2 ga|
bagf gfed|edeg B2 BA|G2 GA BcBA|G2 E2 E2 :|
|:gf |e2 B2 B2 gf|e2 B2 B2 gf|e2 ef gfga|b2 e2 e2 ga|
bagf gfed|edeg B2 BA|G2 GA BcBA|G2 E2 E2:|

Played with a nice swing by Kevin Burke on "Up Close".

# Posted on August 30th 2003 by Conway

Hornpipe?

Isn't this tune a hornpipe?

# Posted on August 31st 2003 by Kenny

The Boys of Ballycastle

I'd agree, Kenny. The tune has that rhythm at the end of the 4-bar phrases that is typical of so many hornpipes.
Trevor

# Posted on August 31st 2003 by lazyhound

It is a hornpipe I think. I play it with Napoleon Crossing the Rhine. They make a nice set.

# Posted on September 2nd 2003 by Geoff Pollitt

Hornpipe

This tune is certainly a hornpipe and I have come across a few musicians who called it 'The Gipsy Hornpipe',
Good Luck
Mikea

# Posted on September 2nd 2003 by Mikea

This is called Leggett's Reel in Kerr's Merry Melodies. Don't know why anyone would play it as a reel, though.

# Posted on March 8th 2005 by Kevin Rietmann

Boys of Ballycastle

Jimmy Shand recorded a very similar (major-key) tune called "The cairdin' o't" at reel tempo, which Kevin Burke has also recorded.

# Posted on March 12th 2006 by pipheath

Gypsy HP

Here's a marginally different take on this (I know it as the Gypsy's HP) from our session and before that probably from a workshop CD by Angie Bladen and Martin Ellison.
X:1
T:Gypsy Hornpipe
M:4/4
R:Hornpipe
K:G
L:1/8
d||: g>fe>d e>dB>d | e>d (3efg B2 B>A | G>FG>A B>AB>d | e2 A2 A2 d2 |
g>fe>d e>dB>d | e>d (3efg B2 B>A | G>FG>A B>cB>A |1 G2 E2 E2 d2 :|2 G2 E2 E2 g>f |
||:e2 B2 B2 g>f | e2 B>A B2 g>f | e>de>f g>fg>a | b2 b2 e2 g>a |
(3bag (3agf g2 g>f | e>d (3efg B2 B>A | G>FG>A B>cB>A |1 G2 E2 E2 g>f :|2 G2 E2 E4 ||

# Posted on November 11th 2008 by spindizzy