Woodcock Hill

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on June 12th 2006 by grymater.

This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.

Also known as Back O' The Haggard, Kevin Joyce, Standing Abbey, THe Back Of The Haggard.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Fairwater (Fionnuisce) by Declan Masterson
• For As Many As Will by Haste To The Wedding
• No. 2 Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• The Best Of Patrick Street by Patrick Street

X: 1
T: Woodcock Hill
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
A2 | dcdf ecAc | dBGB AFDF | EGFA GBgf | edcB AABc |
dcdf e^deg | fefg afdA | BdcB AGFE | D2 d2 d2 :|
B2 | A^GAc ecAc | edcB Adfa | gfeg fedf | (3efe (3dcB (3ABA (3GFE |
DFAd EGBd | FAdf afda | BdcB (3ABA (3GFE | D2 (3Bcd D2 :|

I got this from Brendan Mulvihill in a workshop.

# Posted on June 12th 2006 by grymater

From memory, I think this setting is also pretty much how it is in Roche's

# Posted on June 14th 2006 by Jamie

That's indeed the source Mr. Mulvihill gave for the chune.

# Posted on June 14th 2006 by grymater

X: 231903
T: Woodcock Hill HP
S: "Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music" [II/8/205]
L: 1/8
M: 4/4
R: hornpipe
K: D
A2 | dcdf ecAc | dBGB AFDF | EGFA GBgf | edcB AABc |
dcdf e^deg | fefg afdA | BdcB AGFE | D2 d2 d2 :|
B2 | A^GAc ecAc | edcB Adfa | gfeg fedf | (3efe (3dcB (3ABA (3GFE |\
DFAd EGBd |
FAdf afda | BdcB (3ABA (3GFE | (3DFA (3dfa d' z :|

I play this without repeating the A part, I think it sounds interrupted otherwise.

(Dust off the pinkie finger. The last bar *looks* like fun; for fiddle players it presents a rare venture into the unexplored Northern reaches of the fingerboard. . ..)

The transcription is copied from BIll Black's great website.

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http://www.qmcorp.net/webabc/bigfolder/roche.abc
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# Posted on July 10th 2007 by gravelwalks