Lad O'Beirne's

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on February 15th 2002 by Mad Baloney.

This tune has been added to 34 tunebooks.

Also known as O'Beirne's, Spellan The Fiddler.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 15 Times Around by Tim O'Shea And Friends
• A Celebration Of 50 Years by The Tulla Ceili Band
• A Job Of Journeywork: A Tribute To Larry Redican And His Musical Friends by Various Artists
• A Man Apart by Sean Maguire
• A Session With Jerry Holland by Jerry Holland
• Across The Waters - Irish Traditional Music From England by Various Artists
• All In Good Time by Patrick Street
• At It Again by John Carty
• At The Feis by John Doonan
• Best Of Finbarr Dwyer by Finbarr Dwyer
• Call Of The Wild by Wild Asparagus
• Celtic Fire by John Whelan
• Come To Dance: A Celtic Tradition by John Whelan
• Cuts From The Turf by Hooley
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 6 by Matt Cunningham
• Each Little Thing by Sharon Shannon
• Enchanted Lady by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
• Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Fortune Favours The Merry by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• Heatin' Up The Hall by Yankee Ingenuity
• Hill 16 by Hill 16
• Hungry Grass by Hungry Grass
• Inishkeeragh by Brenda McCann
• Irish Piping, Flutes And Whistles by Various Artists
• Irish Women Musicians Of America by Cherish The Ladies
• Josephine Marsh by Josephine Marsh
• Killultagh by Killultagh
• Makin' The Rounds by Billy McComiskey
• Many's A Wild Night - Domhnach Is Dalach by Jackie Daly
• Masters Of The Celtic Accordion: The Big Squeeze by Various Artists
• No Boundaries by Natalie MacMaster
• Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
• Pigtown Fling by Randal Bays And Joel Bernstein
• Rattle The Boards by John Nugent, Benny McCarthy And Pat Ryan
• Roll Away The Reel World by James Keane
• Sláinte by Sheevon
• Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
• String Sisters Live by String Sisters
• The Best Of Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
• The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place by Various Artists
• The Coming Of Spring by Cliff Moses
• The Given Note by Liam O'Flynn
• The Music Of Ed Reavy by Various Artists
• The Pure Box by Colin Nea
• The Red Wellies by The Red Wellies
• The Silver Spire by Karen Tweed
• The Sligo Indians by Tony DeMarco
• The Slopes Of Benbulben by John Regan
• The Sound Of Coleman Country by Various Artists
• The Times We've Had by The Irish Tradition
• The Wounded Hussar by Pete Cooper
• Tiomnacht / Handed On by Eoin O Riabhaigh
• Toss The Feathers by Mountain Dew
• Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Con Cassidy
• Traditional Fiddle Music From The Glens Of Antrim by Dominic McNabb
• Traditional Irish Music In America: The East Coast by Various Artists
• Traditional Music From East Clare by Mary MacNamara
• Trip Over The Mountain by Watkin Lees
• Two For Two by Laurence Nugent
• Within A Mile Of Kilty by Various Artists
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 1 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Lad O'Beirne's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
Bc | dBgd BdcB | Agfa ~g3e | dfec BdcA | FdAF (3.D.E.D (3.C.B,.A, |
G,B,DG BGDB, | CEAB c3A | (3.B.c.B GB cAFD | G2GF G2 :|
ga | bgdg bgdg | afdf afdf | (3.g.a.g (3.f.g.f (3.e.f.e dB | (3.c.B.A (3.B.A.G (3.F.E.D (3.C.B,.A, |
G,B,DG BGDB, | CEAB c3A | (3.B.c.B GB cAFD | G2GF G2 :|

Lad o'Beirne's

This tune is dedicated to Lad, Lad was a big player with the NYC city bunch. This is one of my favorite hornpipes but it is obviously a fiddle/box tune. Anybody up to posting a setting that doesn't dip below D?

# Posted on February 15th 2002 by Mad Baloney

Oh yeah, this is another Ed Reavy finger twister.

# Posted on February 16th 2002 by Mad Baloney

Above from below ~

T: Lad O'Beirne's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
B>c |
d>Bg>d B>dc>B | A>gf>a g>fg>e |
d>fe>c (3Bcd c>A | F>dA>F D2 (3cBA |
G>Bd>g B>gd>B | c>eA>B c3 A |
(3BcB G>B (3cBA (3FED | G2 B2 G2 :|
g>a |
b>gd>g b>gd>g | a>fd>f a>f (3def |
(3gag (3fgf (3efe d>B | (3cBA (3BAG (3FED (3cBA |
G>Bd>g B>gd>B | C>eA>B c3 A |
(3BcB G>B c>A (3FED | G2 B2 G2 :|

# Posted on June 6th 2005 by ceolachan

Lad o Beirne

this tune is played beattifully by an all Ireland champion fiddler on www.comhaltas.ie though this is a subscription site.

# Posted on October 6th 2005 by boxer

Ed Reavey's "Lad o'Beirne's hornpipe

wish this hornpipe was played more....it is a most lovely hornpipe. Also wish it had a different name d/t all the other Lad o'Beirne named tunes..

# Posted on May 8th 2008 by nenewolfe