Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on July 25th 2005 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 16 tunebooks.
Also known as Baile Bheachain, The Banks Of Enverness, The Banks Of Inverness, The Banks Of The Inverness, The Ceanngulla, Croppies' March, Croppy's Retreat, The Croppy's Retreat, Freedom For Ireland, Heather On The Hill, The Heather On The Hill, Ireland Forever, Kerryman's Daughter, The Kerryman's Daughter, Lark's Neck, The Lark's Neck, Lark's Nest, The Lark's Nest.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Croppies' March, The
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
R: march
|: B |
A>B AF | AB d>e | fa ef | dB Bd |
A>B AF | AB d>e | fa ef | d2- d :|
| e |
fa a>f | gb bg | fa ef | dB Bd |
fa af | gb b>c' | d'c'- c'a | b2- b>c' |
d'b c'a | b>a fe | fa ef | dB Bd |
A>B AF | AB d>e | fa ef | d2- d ||
K:Gmaj
|: E |
D>E DB, | DE GA | Bd AB/A/ | GE EG/E/ |
D>E DB, | DE GA | Bd AB/A/ | G2 G :|
| A |
Bd dB | ce ec | Bd AB/A/ | GE ED |
B/c/d dB | c/d/e e>f | g/f/e fd | e2 ef |
ge fd | e/f/e/d/ BA | Bd/B/ AB/A/ | GE EG |
D>E DB, | DE GA | Bd AB/A/ | G2 G ||
K: Cmaj
|: A |
GG/A/ GE | GA c>d | eg de | c/B/c/d/ ed/c/ |
G>A GE | G>A cd | eg de/d/ | c2 c :|
| d |
eg gf/e/ | fa ag | eg dc/B/ | c/d/e/c/ Ac/d/ |
eg- ge | f/g/a ab | c'b ag | a2 a>b |
c'b ag | a2 c'/b/a | eg de | cc/d/ e/d/c/A/ |
G>A GE | GG/A/ B/c/d | eg dB | c2- c ||
"The Croppies' March" ~ polka & march
This one is played both ways, and I've given it here in 3 keys with some variations ~ K: D, G, and including as I had originally heard it, in C...
# Posted on July 25th 2005 by ceolachan
"The Kerryman's Daughter" ~ as a reel
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/345
# Posted on July 25th 2005 by ceolachan
"Salmon Tails Up / Down the Water"
~ another related tune:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2903
# Posted on July 25th 2005 by ceolachan
"Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody", 1922 ~ Captain Francis O'Neill
#s 60 & 61 (2/4 & 4/4)
"The term "Croppy" grew from the custome of the English and Scotch reformers in 1795, who cut their hair short. The same custom was adopted by the reformers in Ireland; and hence all those who wore their hair short were denominated "Croppies", and were the marked objects of government vengeance. In truth, clipped hair constituted secondary evidence of treason, and was sufficient to cause the arrest and ill treatment of any person daring enough to adopt it."
# Posted on July 25th 2005 by ceolachan
"Requiem for the Croppies" by Seamus Heaney
The pockets of our greatcoats full of barley . . .
No kitchens on the run, no striking camp . . .
We moved quick and sudden in our own country.
The priest lay behind ditches with the tramp.
A people hardly marching . . . on the hike . . .
We found new tactics happening each day:
We'd cut through reins and rider with the pike
And stampede cattle into infantry,
Then retreat through hedges where cavalry must be thrown.
Until . . . on Vinegar Hill . . . the final conclave.
Terraced thousands died, shaking scythes at cannon.
The hillside blushed, soaked in our broken wave.
They buried us without shroud or coffin
And in August . . . the barley grew up out of our grave.
http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/Poetry/SeamsHeaney.html
# Posted on July 25th 2005 by ceolachan
'Croppies' ~ used to describe Irish reboes in the 1798 insurrection, see above, hair cropped in imitation of the French revolutionaries of 1789...
'Vinegar Hill' ~ County Wexford, June 21, 1798, a major defeat for the Irish rebels...
# Posted on July 25th 2005 by ceolachan
1798 Croppies' Grave at Graigue
http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/croppies_graves.htm
http://www.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/sharp/graigue_croppies.htm
# Posted on July 25th 2005 by ceolachan
"The Ceanngulla Polka" ~ Johnny O'Leary
Pages 95 - 96, tune #166:
"Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra:
Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border"
Compiled & edited by Terry Moylan
The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 1994
ISBN: 1-874675-42-2
# Posted on July 25th 2005 by ceolachan
"The Seige of Ennis"
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1640
another polka relative...
# Posted on July 25th 2005 by ceolachan
"The Croppies' March" ~ Scottish origin?
I would like to be able to say I was sure ‘The Croppies March’ was ‘Scottish’ but can’t, but that is my suspicion. I’ve none of my usual sources on hand and the libraries of Edinburgh will have to wait for now, too many other concerns at the moment. Hello ‘Kenny’?, ‘Conan’? anybody out there? Can anyone else trace it back to a source?
I also realize that my familiarity and history with “Salmon Tails” might have influenced final decisions on my notation here of “The Croppies March”. I’ve played both in a number of ways. I don’t have my copy of “Waifs & Strays” with me but I have a couple of ABCs supposedly taken from that O’Neill collection. The two from "Waifs" (a great collection) are the same thing, just divided differently (see first bar examples below). They have the same difference from how I give it for the B-part. I prefer the longer second ending, whatever its source, liking long penultimate-like second endings as a general rule, great for dance. I don’t have my recordings of the piper Patsy Touhey to check either, but here is a composite from the two "Waifs" transcriptions:
Source: Francis O'Neill: "Waifs and Strays" no. 60 & 61
#60 ~ 4/4 ~ | A3 B A2 F2 |
#61 ~ 4/4 ~ | A>BAF ABde |
L:1/8
R:March
K:D
|: dB |
A>B AF AB de | fa ef d/e/f/d/ Bd | A>B AF AB de | fa ef d2 :|
| de |
fa ag/f/ gb ba/g/ | fa ef d/e/f/d/ BA | fa ag/f/ gb bc' | d'c' ba b2 ba |
fa ag/f/ gb ba/g/ | fa ef d/e/f/d/ Bd | A>B AF AB de | fa ef d2 d2 ||
# Posted on July 27th 2005 by ceolachan
One early version of this tune was known in Scotland as "The Banks of Inverness". It can also be found in Ryan's Mammoth Collection as "The Banks of Enverness".
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by nigelg