Mrs Crotty's

hornpipe

Key signature: Cmajor

Submitted on September 17th 2008 by GaryAMartin.

This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.

Also known as Mrs. Crotty's, The Pooka.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
• Atlantic Roar by Paul Bradley
• Fort Of The Jewels by Brian McNamara
• Harmonic Motion by Slide
• Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
• Sweeter As The Years Roll By by James Keane
• The Chieftains 2 by The Chieftains
• The Gallowglass Ceili Band by The Gallowglass Ceili Band
• Traditional Music Of Ireland On Button Accordion by Seamus Walshe
• Witt's End by Hell On The Nine Mile

X: 1
T: Mrs Crotty's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Cmaj
|:ef|g2 eg f2 df|e2 ce d2 Bd|c2 Bc de fd|e2 ce d2 ef|
g2 eg f2 df|e2 ce d2 Bd|c2 Bc de fd|e2 c2 c2:|
|:ed|cA AG Ad cA|GF EF GA BG|c2 Bc de fd|e2 ce d2 ed|
cA AG Ad cA|GF EF GA BG|c2 Bc de fd|e2 c2 c2:|

Mrs. Crotty's Hornpipe

I've posted the basic tune, in C, as taught by Gearoid O hAllmhurain at the Catskills Irish Arts Week in 2008.

Here's a way to flesh it out a little, working from my memory of what Gearoid taught, two months later.

X:2
T:Mrs. Crotty's
R:Hornpipe
L:1/8
M:C
K:C
ef|gG eg fA df|eG ce dA Bd|(3ccc Bc de fd|eG ce dd ef|
gG eg fA df|eG ce dA Bd|(3ccc Bc de fd|e2 c2 c2:|
ed|cA AG Ad cA|GF EF GA BG|c2 Bc de fd|eG ce d2 ed|
cA AG Ad cA|GF EF GA BG|c2 Bc de fd|e2 c2 c2:|

And here it is in D for them that prefers it that way.

X:3
T:Mrs. Crotty's
R:Hornpipe
L:1/8
M:C
K:D %Transposed from C
fg|aA fa gB eg|fA df eB ce|(3ddd cd ef ge|fA df ee fg|
aA fa gB eg|fA df eB ce|(3ddd cd ef ge|f2 d2 d2:|
fe|dB BA Be dB|AG FG AB cA|d2 cd ef ge|fA df e2 fe|
dB BA Be dB|AG FG AB cA|d2 cd ef ge|f2 d2 d2:|

# Posted on September 17th 2008 by GaryAMartin

Mrs Crotty's

Thank you very much for posting this tune. Heard it last year during Éigse Mrs Crotty in Kilrush played by Jack Talty but couldn't find it. Playful tune on the concertina.

# Posted on September 19th 2008 by craics90

The Pooka

Sean Maguire had this as "The Pooka" in "Irish Tunes by the 100," a collection he published with Josephine Keegan in 1975.

It has a resemblance to "The Arkansas Traveller."

# Posted on September 20th 2008 by blarneystar