The Derry

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on July 5th 2004 by Aidan Crossey.

This tune has been added to 135 tunebooks.

Also known as Londonderry, The Londonderry.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Tribute To Joe Cooley by Frankie Gavin, Paul Brock, Charlie Lennon
• Across The Pond by Kevin Griffin, Roger Burridge And Others
• Back In Town by Paddy Killoran
• Behind The Mist by Various Artists
• Between The Sets by Barefield Ceili Band
• Come West Along The Road by Brian O'Connor
• Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Band by Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Band
• Dear Old Erin's Isle: Irish Traditional Music From America by Various Artists
• Dusk Till Dawn by Charlie Lennon And Johnny Og Connolly
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• From Ballymote To Brooklyn by Paddy Killoran and James Morrison
• Gerry MacFadden by Gerry McFadden
• Good Boy M.A. by Michael Anthony MacLean
• Irish Dances by Jimmy Power
• Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
• Irlande by Frankie Gavin, Arty Mc Glynn And Aidan Coffey
• King Of The Melodeon Men by Jimmy Shand
• Letting Go... by Katherine Irwin Thomas
• Long Expectant Comes At Last by Cathal McConnell
• Milltown Lass by Rose Murphy
• Mysterious Ireland by Various Artists
• Noonday Feast by Joe Shannon And Johnny McGreevy
• Pluckin' Good by Christy Dunne
• Richard Fitzgerald Ceili Band by Richard Fitzgerald Ceili Band
• Set On Stone by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• Seven Streams by The Turloughmore Ceili Band
• Sharon Shannon by Sharon Shannon
• Sligo Fiddle (Disk 1) by John Vesey
• Slow Airs And Set Dances by Eugene O'Donnell
• Take The Bull By The Horns by Tom Doherty
• The Best Of Irish Piping by Seamus Ennis
• The Celebrated Recordings by John Doherty
• The Cobblestone Sessions by Various Artists
• The Cook In The Kitchen by John Brosnan
• The Enduring Magic by Michael Coleman
• The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume Two by Various Artists
• The Funny Reel by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
• The Gravel Walks: The Fiddle Music Of Mickey Doherty by Mickey Doherty
• The King Of The Pipers by Leo Rowsome
• The Lark In The Clear Air by Various Artists
• The Merry Love To Play by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• The Slopes Of Benbulben by John Regan
• The Wild Hills O'Wannie: The Small Pipes Of Northumbria by Various Artists
• Traditional Irish Dance Music by All Star Ceilidhe Band
• Traditional Irish Music Played On The Uilleann Pipes by Robbie Hannan
• Traditional Music From Ireland by Seamus Creagh And Aidan Coffey
• Uncommon Bonds by Mick Moloney
• Whistle Wizardry by Vinnie Kilduff
• Wild Mountain Thyme by The McPeake Family

X: 1
T: Derry, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
|:AG|F2Ad fdAF|G2Bd gdBG|F2Ad fdAF|E2GB ecAG|
F2Ad fdAF|G2Bd g2ag|fafd Bgec|d2 f2 d2:|
|:fg|a2fd Adfa|g2ec Aceg|a2fd Adgf|(3efd (3cdB A2fg|
a2fd Adfa|gece g2ag|fafd Bgec|d2 f2 d2:|
|:AG|(3FED AD BDAD|dcdf ecAG|(3FED AD BDAD|EGFA GBAG|
(3FED AD BDAC|dcdf eceg|(3fgf df gece|df (3edc d2:|
|:(3efg|a^gab afdf|gfga gece|a^gab afdf|(3efd (3cdB A2 (3efg|
a^gab afdf|gfef gbag|(3fgf df gece|df (3edc d2:|
|:fg|(3aaa fd Adfd|(3aaa ec Acec|fdge afbg| ecdB A2 fg|
(3aaa fd Adfd|(3ggg ec A2ag|fdAF Egec|d2 f2 d2:|
|:FG|AFAd fedc|BGBe gfed|cAce agfe|fcdB A2 FG|
AFAd fedc|BGBd g2ag|fafd Bgec|d2 f2 d2:|

The Derry Hornpipe

I was surprised to see that this wasn't in thesession database. There are - as ever - oodles of versions of The Derry Hornpipe knocking about. The Tipperary Hornpipe's A part is very close to the Derry's A-part and I gather there's a hornpipe called The Elks' Festival which is pretty damn close to the last two parts of the tune. There are three-part versions around and I think Cathal McConnell's version on "Long Expectant ..." is a six-parter. This is pretty close to the O'Neill's version.

# Posted on July 5th 2004 by Aidan Crossey

i learned this a good few years ago at the instigation of some players at a session...and nobody else did!
i still quite like the tune though!

# Posted on July 9th 2004 by biggus dave

Suggestion ...

Tip Max off ... it's one of those tunes he likes to trot out early in the night when things are just settling. He gives it a good lash!

# Posted on July 13th 2004 by Aidan Crossey

Derry HP

It is a great tune. Challanging and melodic. But I wouldn't cxall it The LD HP. I think that people from Derry might not care for the added baggage implied by calling it The LD HP rather than just The Derry HP.

# Posted on January 30th 2005 by cocus

I think s/he means that it's also called the LondonDerry hornpipe upon occasion, Mark. ;)

# Posted on January 30th 2005 by Zina Lee

I had some lovely tunes in Derry.

# Posted on January 30th 2005 by Kerri Brown

Long, rambling tune full of nothing much. That last part's the best bit.

# Posted on May 8th 2007 by Dow

It's a bit long

# Posted on December 8th 2007 by D.J.F.

I used to play this one but with differences, along with some other long and rambling numbers ~ and then folks like 'Dow' started with the negatives and the "ho hums" and the whispering ~ and so, to placate the complainers, the naysayers and grumps, I set such fancies aside...

# Posted on December 8th 2007 by ceolachan

Nyah, nyah, nyah!!!

# Posted on December 8th 2007 by ceolachan

Tom Ennis and James Morrison recorded this hornpipe in 1923:
http://www.archive.org/details/TomEnnisAndJamesMorrisonLondonderryHornpipe

# Posted on August 27th 2008 by Ramiro

Was this a set?

Ok, so the first two sections look like the Ladies' Hornpipe. And the last two seem to be the Elk's Festival. So if the middle two are something else again, then this is a set that got standardised at some point.

Ladies' Hornpipe: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5625
The Elk's Festival: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8244

# Posted on August 17th 2009 by wayland

(London)derry Hornpipe

A friendly warning re. cocus's note from 2005, but I really wouldn't go calling this tune the "Derry Hornpipe" in the wrong part of (London)derry! It's no place for naivete.

# Posted on November 12th 2009 by phil heheir