The Coachman's Whip

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on December 6th 2003 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 74 tunebooks.

Also known as Coachman's Whip.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Few More Tunes by John Skelton
• Chasing The Bear by John Hicks
• Cosa Gan Bhroga by Eithne Ni Uallachain, Gerry O'Connor And Desi Wilkinson
• Frankie Goes To Town by Frankie Gavin
• Katy Bar The Door by Randal Bays
• Moving Cloud by Moving Cloud
• Orion by Orion
• Stranger At The Gate by Paddy O'Brien
• The Gloup by Mark Roberts
• The Turoe Stone by Vincent Broderick
• Traditional Irish Music From Boston by The Magic Square
• When All Is Said And Done by Danu
• Within A Mile O' Jamestown by Mick Mulvey
• Witt's End by Hell On The Nine Mile

X: 1
T: Coachman's Whip, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:d2 BG DGBG | E2 BE dEBE | d2 BG DGBG | FGAc BGGB |
d2 BG DGBG | E2 BE dEBE | FGAB cdef |1 gdcA BGGB :|2 gdcA BGGE ||
|:DB,DE G3 B | d2 BG DGBG | E2 BE dEBE | dBAG EAGE |
DB,DE G3 B | d2 BG DGBG | FGAB cdef |1 gdcA BGGB :|2 gdcA BG G2 ||

Coachman's Whip

Composed by Vincent Broderick. Mich Neilsen , of Copenhagen, put me onto this fine flute tune when he sent me a tape years ago of 2 Danish musicians playing Irish music on flute and harp.
Recorded by Desi Wilkinson & Gerry O'Connor. Sometimes played with the 2 parts in reverse order, in fact I think that may have been how it was composed, but this version seems more popular.

# Posted on December 6th 2003 by Kenny

This is an other version not very different

D3E ~G3B|d2BG dGBG|E2BE dEBE|dBAG FAGE|
DEDE ~G3B|d2BG dGBG|FGAB cdef|gedc BGGB:|
d2BG dGBG|E2BE dEBE|d2BG dGBG|FGAc BGGB|
d2BG dGBG|E2BE dEBE|FGAB cdef|gedc BGGB:|

# Posted on June 20th 2005 by dadepipes

A & B

Yeah, I've got at least 2 recordings, most notably The Magic Square, which put the B part first. Also Hell on the Nine Mile -- it's usually played that way in East Coast sessions. Moving Cloud plays it as Kenny has it. Great tune either way.

# Posted on August 29th 2006 by emily_bmore

The Coachman's Whip

I've always played it as Kenny has it. However, VB's book (The Turoe Stone) is proof that the tune was originally composed with the parts in reverse order. Another important difference is that bar 3 of each part has C nats instead of B, like this |E2cE dEcE|.

# Posted on April 11th 2007 by Dow