Joe Ryan's

hornpipe

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on April 3rd 2007 by alec b.

This tune has been added to 7 tunebooks.

Also known as O'Reilly From Aithcairne, O'Reilly Of Aithcairne, O'Reilly Of Athcarne.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Letter Home by Athena Tergis
• An Fhidil by Various Artists
• Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
• The Complete Works Of Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) - Disc 5 by J.J. Sheridan

X: 1
T: Joe Ryan's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Ador
|:AG|EAAB cBcA|dcde g2 (3efg|abag edcB|AGEF G2AG|
EAAB cBcA|dcde g2 (3efg|abge dged|c2 A2 A2:|
|:ef|g3a gede|gage d2cd|ed (3efg agab|abag e2ed|
eged c2AB|cedc B2cB|ABce dcBc|AGEF G2AG|
EAAB cBcA|dcde g2 (3efg|abge dged|c2 A2 A2:|

I heard this set dance on a recording of a house concert, played solo on concertina by Claire Keville. She didn't have a name for it, but said she had learned it from Joe Ryan. It bears a strong resemblance to "The Hills of Coore" by Junior Crehan, but there are enough melodic differences -- as well as a 12-bar second part -- to, in my opinion, qualify it as a distinct tune. It may, however, merely be a set dance version of "Coore."

In transcribing this, I've left out a couple nice concertina touches that likely wouldn't translate to other instruments. For example, Ms. Keville played an E (left hand, C-row) instead of the final B in the first and fifth bars of the A-part. She also substituted an A (left hand, C-row) for the final G in the third bar of the B-part. And she played some beautiful octaves on the G, E and Cs in the B-part.

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by alec b

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You sure your barlines are in the right place? It makes more sense to me like this:

X: 1
T: Joe Ryan's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Ador
AG|EAAB cBcA|dcde g2 (3efg|abag edcB|AGEF G2AG|
EAAB cBcA|dcde g2 (3efg|abge dged|c2 A2 A2:|
|:ef|g3a gede|gage d2cd|ed (3efg agab|abag e2ed|
eged c2AB|cedc B2cB|ABce dcBc|AGEF G2AG|
EAAB cBcA|dcde g2 (3efg|abge dged|c2 A2 A2:|

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by Dow

You're right, Dow, and I was going to fix it but it looks like Jeremy already has! Funny, I ran it through ABC Navigator and it sounded fine.

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by alec b

And now, of course, those concertina note substitutions I mentioned fall in the 2nd and 6th bars of the A-part, and 4th bar of the B-part.

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by alec b

Carolan

This is a Carolan tune. If I recall correctly, Joe Ryan heard it from Paddy (Offaly/Minnesota) O'Brien who had arranged it as a set dance in hornpipe time.

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by tedium