The Drocketty March

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 21st 2005 by Ptarmigan.

This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.

Also known as The Drogheda March.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Baker's Well by Baker's Well
• Bakerswell by Bakerswell
• The Long Finger by Barry Carroll And Joe McHugh

X: 1
T: Drocketty March, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
GBd gfe|edB ded|GBd gfe|edB A2 G|
GBd gfe|edB def|gag (3efg e|dBG A2 G:|
B2 d c2 e|B2 d cBA|B2 d c2 e|dBG A2 G|
Bcd cde|Bcd cBA|Bcd cde|dBG A2 G:|
d2 d G2 G|dBd gfe|d2 d G2G|dBG A2 G|
d2 d G2 G|dBd gfe|dBd GBd|dBG A2 G:|

The Drocketty March

This 6/8 March I found on the Bakerswell CD of 1988.

In the sleeve notes, Sean Potts tells us that this tune is named after a dance with which it is associated.

The Drocketty March is from Drogheda, Co. Louth.

# Posted on October 21st 2005 by Ptarmigan