The Honeysuckle

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 28th 2001 by Musicalbison.

This tune has been added to 93 tunebooks.

Also known as Ballinakill, Honeysuckle.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Back To Donegal by Hughie And Kathleen Boyle
• Blackthorn Ceilidh Band by Blackthorn Ceilidh Band
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 1 by Matt Cunningham
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 6 by Matt Cunningham
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 9 by Matt Cunningham
• Fool's Dream by Pat Crowley And Johnny McCarthy
• In The Smoke by Various Artists
• Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
• Looking For The Early Opener by Dana Lyn
• Memories Of Sligo by Tommy Healy And Johnny Duffy
• No Boundaries by Natalie MacMaster
• Notes From My Mind by Seamus Connolly
• Past Masters Of Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
• The New Broom by Willie Kelly And Mike Rafferty With Donal Clancy
• The Story So Far by John Creavan

X: 1
T: Honeysuckle, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
A/B/c|d2 cA B/c/d AF|DFAF GBAG|FAdA FAdf|edcB AB c/B/A|
d2 cA B/c/d AF|DFAF GBAG|FAdB AGFE|F2 D2 D2:|
A/B/c|dcde fdec|defg a3f|geeg fddf|edcB AB c/B/A|
d2 cA B/c/d AF|DFAF GBAG|FAdB AGFE|F2 D2 D2:|

Set ?

I think I've heard this played in a set with All in a Garden Green.

# Posted on August 21st 2005 by irishimp

This is one of the first hornpipes i played and its still one of my favourites . . its quite easy to play . . and it always goes downwell with every one. . can't understand why its not more popular with musos. Ithink it started life as a whistle tune.

# Posted on October 10th 2006 by Justintime

i agree stewpot, lovely simple tune but hardly anyone ever plays it! one of my favourites.

# Posted on October 20th 2006 by blaenclydach

It's a bit like a reel pretending to be a hornpipe.

# Posted on May 9th 2007 by Dr. Dow

An Féithleann

I hate hornpipes.
But I love honeysuckle!

Here's the real thing:
http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/88a.html
a delightfully scented blossom that comes of its own in the evening (to attract the pollinating moths that have adapted to its deep corolla)
More at: http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail.php?id_flower=135#glos

Distribution maps:
http://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/



http://www.habitas.org.uk/flora/
http://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/census/census.htm

# Posted on April 11th 2012 by birlibirdie