Key signature: Ddorian
Submitted on April 19th 2004 by errik.
This tune has been added to 28 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Hughie's Cap
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ddor
c2 AF ABcA|d2 BG Bcdf|ec (3ccc aAgA|fagf dcAB|c2 AF ABcA|
d2 BG Bcdf|ec (3ccc aAgA|1fagf dcAB:|2fagf d4||
d3 e fedc|AF (3FFF DGGB|A2 de fedf|ec (3ccc aAgA|
d3 e fedc|AGFE FDEC|A,DDE FGAd|1cAGE F4:|2cAGE FGAB||
Written by Ed Reavy for a man he knew with a special cap...
# Posted on April 19th 2004 by errik
The aAfA passage in bars A3, A7, and B4 should actually be aAgA.
# Posted on April 19th 2004 by errik
Shouldn't this tune be notated in F? Listening to John Carty's recording leads me to believe the first part is in F and the second in D minor.
# Posted on April 24th 2004 by Layers
I'm not sure. I learned it from Solas, and they play all B-naturals in the first part, making it D Dorian rather than F Maj or D Minor.
# Posted on May 2nd 2004 by errik
The A part and the B part are the wrong way around. Reavy wrote it the other way and it does sound a bit better if played that way. I also think that the B should be flat in the B-tune (despite what Reavy wrote ... I never said I had to be consistent).
# Posted on October 27th 2004 by Geoff Pollitt
Hughie's Cap
Here's how I've been playing it, learned from the abcs at the Reavy site (though I might have changed bits of it).
X: 1
T: Hughie's Cap
C: Ed Reavy
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Fmaj
FG |: A2 de fedc | A~F3 DGGB | Acde fedf | e~c3 agfe |
|d3 e fedc | AGFE FDEC | A,DDE FGAd |1 cAGE ~F3G :|2 cAGE FGAB ||
|: c2 AF ABcA | d/d/d BG Bcdf | e~c3 agfe | fagf dcAB |
| c2 AF ABcA | d2 BG Bcdf | e~c3 agfe |1 fdcA FGAB :|2 fdcA F2 FG :||
Thanks to Aimee N. for pointing this tune out to me--it's quickly become one of my favorites. I like the pairing of the sweet-sad first half with the happy-go-lucky, tail-wagging joy of the second half.
# Posted on December 7th 2004 by Miss Lonelyhearts
I also play the two parts the other way round to how it's written out here
# Posted on May 23rd 2006 by Lizzy
Ed Reavy ~ the site and the abc's:
http://www.reavy.us/
http://www.reavy.us/Reavycom.abc
# Posted on May 24th 2006 by ceolachan
"Hughie's Cap" ~ a tale in the tune:
The following is an excerpt from the Reavy site's ABC's"
"A favorite story of Ed's tells of Hughie, an easygoing sort who had a fierce look when he wore a certain cap. Friends would take Hughie along whenever a fight was anticipated. One look from Hughie and his cap would silence the most quarrelsome bullies. One night, as itwould happen, Hughie's friends found themselves in the worst sort of mix and quickly looked for Hughie's help. But Hughie, alas, had ventured out this time without his menacing capeen. "Oh God," one exclaimed, "somebody go fetch Hughie's cap, or there'll be hell to pay for all of us this night!"" ~ Joe Reavy
Both printed collections featured at the site are prizes well worth pursueing...
# Posted on May 24th 2006 by ceolachan
Great tune
Sweet tune this. And the way it is here is actually backwards, I've got the a copy of the published version and it has the parts reversed from what they are here.
I learned this one partly from Yvonne Kane at a fiddle camp I went to, I really like her version of it.
# Posted on October 17th 2007 by Bryn