Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on May 16th 2004 by Johannes J.
This tune has been added to 24 tunebooks.
Also known as The Favorite Dram, Ho Ró Mo Bhoban An Dram, Ho Ro Mo Bhobag An Dram, Ho Ro Mo Bhobain An Dram, Ho Ro Mo Bhobban An' Dram.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Favourite Dram, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
|:B2 c dBG G2 f|g2 e dBG G2 c|B2 c dBG GAB| c2 B AFD D2 c:|
|:(B>AB) (B>AB) G2 c|B2 c dBG G2 c|1 (B>AB) (B>AB) G2 B|
c2 B AFD D2 c:|2 B2 c dBG gdB|c2 B AFD D2 d||
|:gdB gdB G2 f|1 g2 e dBG G2 f|gdB gdB G2 B|c2 B AFD D2 d:|
[2 g2 e dBG G2 c|Bcd def gdB|c2 B AFD D2||
Also known as Ho ro mo bhobban' Dram
Lovely tune. As I said, I often play it just before "Donald , Willie, and his Dug---oops dog"
# Posted on May 16th 2004 by Johannes J
Seems to me I've heard Chris Norman play this on one of his recordings, but it's not listed for this tune. Anyone know off the top of their head before I go rumaging through my collection to try to find it? These are the little things that drive me slightly crazy
# Posted on May 17th 2004 by Jason G
"Horo Mo Bhobag An Dram" ~ a fragment from 'eddie the piper'
Submitted on July 3rd 2006 by eddie the piper.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5923
T: Horo Mo Bhobag An Dram
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Dmaj
|: B |
c2 c d>BG A2 e | a2 e g>BG A2 B |c2 e d>BG A2 e |A>AA G>EG A2 :|
Gaelic lyrics
According to the Baird Gàidhlig site:
http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/gaelic/grd/baird/alasdairmac.htm
the famous Gaelic poet Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (Alasdair MacDhòmhnaill) wrote a poem with the title 'Mo bhobag an dram'. It runs to 5 verses with a chorus, and the metre fits both versions of this tune that are on the Session site.
The poem may (in Gaelic) be downloaded from:
http://www.geocities.com/alltandubh/H/Horo_Mo_Bhobag.html
This is a variant in a different mode. I was kinda hoping someone could maybe add the rest of this version, which I think is based on a GHB arrangement (although I heard it sung as Port-a-beul).
# Posted on July 3rd 2006 by eddie the piper
# Posted on July 5th 2006 by ceolachan