The Humours Of Bahrain

polka

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on May 20th 2008 by jakep.

This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.

Also known as Humours Of Bahrain, Taylor's Cross.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• The Compositions Of Paddy O'Brien by Eileen O'Brien And Willie Fogarty
• They Sailed Away From Dublin Bay by Liam Farrell And Joe Whelan

X: 1
T: Humours Of Bahrain, The
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Gmaj
|: de/d/ Bd | gd B>d | cA A/B/c/d/ | ed d>B |
de/d/ Bd | gd B>d | cB/c/ dF | AG G>B :|
|: dg g/f/g/a/ | bg g>f | ec a>g | f/e/f/g/ ad |
dg g/f/g/a/ | bg d>B | cD FA | AG G>B :|

Taylor's Cross

I learnt this off the cd They Sailed Away From Dublin Bay by Liam Farrell And Joe Whelan.

# Posted on May 20th 2008 by jakep

The Humours of Bahrain

I don't know why Farrell and Whelan recorded it as Taylor's cross because it was written by Paddy O'Brien [Nenagh] and titled The Humours of Bahrain. In fact, the three polkas that appear on They sailed Away from Dublin Bay were written by Paddy O'Brien and have different titles.

Taylor's Cross = The Humours of Bahrain
All the Way to Galway = The Sheik's Fancy
The Barna = Emir's Delight

But thanks for posting. Its a nice tune.

# Posted on May 20th 2008 by PaddyCmusic

"The Compositions of Paddy O'Brien" of Nenagh, County Tipperary

J.D.C. Publications Ltd., 1992

Page 32: Polkas ~ "The Humours of Bahrain"

# Posted on June 4th 2008 by ceolachan