Poll Ha'penny

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on August 14th 2007 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.

Also known as Hawk's, Hawke's, Paul Halfpenny, Poll Halfpenny.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Edel Fox And Ronan O'Flaherty by Edel Fox And Ronan O'Flaherty
• Folktrax-173: Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey by Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey
• Full House by Fairport Convention
• I GCnoc Na Grai by Noel Hill And Tony MacMahon
• Live And Kicking by Swarb's Lazarus
• Live In Belfast by Cathal Hayden
• North-by-NorthWest by Eliot Grasso And Dave Cory
• Sean Reid's Favourite by Jimmy O'Brien-Moran
• Shady Woods by Desi Wilkinson
• Taking Flight by Bobby Casey
• The Drones And The Chanters Vol.2 by Various Artists
• The Family Album by The McCarthys
• The Hidden Note by Jacqueline McCarthy
• The Hop Down by Breda Keville
• The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
• The Piping Of Patsy Touhey by Patsy Touhey
• The Starry Lane To Monaghan by Fintan Vallely
• The Thing Itself by Maeve Donnelly And Peadar O'Loughlin
• Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler by Paddy Canny

X: 1
T: Poll Ha'penny
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmix
ed|c2EF GEED|GBAF G2Bd|e/f/g ec ABcA|GEDE G2GE|
A2AB c2cA|d^cde g2 e/f/g|afge fdec|A/B/A GB A2:|
ef|g2ga gedA|B/^c/d ef gedg|eaag a2ag|eaag abag|
~f3a gfed|^cdef g2 e/f/g|afge fdec|A/B/A GB A2:|

West Clare Version

This is the West Clare version of the tune, learned from the fiddle playing of Breda Keville. She cites Clare-style concertina player Jacqueline McCarthy as the source, and J. McCarthy in turn learned it from Bobby Casey's. The version is different from the more popular one, especially in the first part. http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/841

A similar version was also recorded by Maeve Donnelly, Peadar O'Loughlin and Ronan Browne together, but it's more like a composite of the two versions. The sleeve notes of the recording associate it with West Clare, but don't clearly mention the source. Anyway, I'll transcribe their version here soon.

# Posted on August 14th 2007 by slainte

According to the notes of Pat Mitchell, the author of "Dance Music of Willie Clancy," Bobby Casey recorded this as Paul Halfpenny or Paul Ha'penny, and his version appears on Breathnach's "Ceol Rince na hEireann" III. The summary of his comments on several versions of "Ha'penny" can be found here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1263/comments#comment207803

# Posted on August 14th 2007 by slainte

Oops. I missed out a word in my first comment. Never mind.

I still haven't got a chance to listen to B. Casey play it, but believe Ms Keville does a great job emulating his playing style.

# Posted on August 14th 2007 by slainte

Bobby Casey's setting = Hawke's Hornpipe

The tune called "Hawke's Hornpipe" in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland is pretty much the same setting as Bobby Casey's. This was a tune O'Neill got from the Mayo fiddler John McFadden.

# Posted on August 17th 2007 by blarneystar

Thanks for the info. It seems the Hawke's HP is also on CRE II. Yeah, pretty much the same.

# Posted on August 18th 2007 by slainte

Here's the version recorded by Maeve Donnelly, Peadar O'Loughlin, and Ronan Browne together.

K: Dmix
ed|c2EF GE~E2|GBAF G2 B/^c/d|egec AdcA|GE~E2 G2GE|
A2AB cBcA|d^cde g2 e/f/g|afge fdec|A2AG A2:|
ef|g2ga gedg|eggf gedg|e2ag abag|eaag a2ag|
~f3d ~e3^c|d2 B/^c/d efge|aged cAGE|A2AG A2:|

Note the second part is virtually identical to that of the common version.

# Posted on August 19th 2007 by slainte

Thanks for transcribing this one, Slainte.

# Posted on March 5th 2008 by Dow