Origins: My mystery hornpipe

Subject: Origins: My mystery hornpipe
From: Cappuccino
Date: 24 Aug 21 - 07:04 AM

About thirty years ago, I learned this tune from a book of Irish tunes for tenor banjo.   I remember the tune, but not the name - it was the name of some Irish town or village, as in 'The Somewhere-in-Ireland hornpipe'.   I'm trying to recall it - two people have suggested Belfast, which I don't think is right, and another says he learned it as The Sunshine Hornpipe.
I've put it on Youtube - can anyone identify it? But I'm not sure my clicky works, so I've added the Youtube link below it!

https://youtu.be/ezRmNXaPdg0

https://youtu.be/ezRmNXaPdg0

Subject: RE: Origins: My mystery hornpipe
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Aug 21 - 07:53 AM

First part sounds like "The Galway Hornpipe

Subject: RE: Origins: My mystery hornpipe
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 24 Aug 21 - 09:11 AM

Hmm, I have the first part straight off but can't immediately thibnk of a name. The second part doesn't seem to belong to it, to my mind. Let me think about it for a bit.

Subject: RE: Origins: My mystery hornpipe
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 24 Aug 21 - 09:25 AM

Yes, it's the Galway with a second part I haven't heard anyone play before.

Subject: RE: Origins: My mystery hornpipe
From: GUEST,Mark
Date: 24 Aug 21 - 09:37 AM

Is it something like The Kippers' "Spencer The Wild Rover" where the pages of the song book stuck together?

I think Eliza Carthy had a similar tune (again a hornpipe?) on "Heat Light & Sound" - parts of two tunes butted up together.

Subject: RE: Origins: My mystery hornpipe
From: leeneia
Date: 24 Aug 21 - 10:56 AM

Your Video has comments turned off, so if anybody knows the name, they can't tell you.

It sounds like a polka to me. Charming tune; thanks for posting.

Subject: RE: Origins: My mystery hornpipe
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Aug 21 - 11:38 AM

It's the Galway hornpipe with a mis-remembered 2nd part - simple as that.

Subject: RE: Origins: My mystery hornpipe
From: Cappuccino
Date: 25 Aug 21 - 05:25 AM

The second part is actually as I remember reading it from the book all those years ago... so I imagine it had gone through the folk process before then!! Many thanks.

Subject: RE: Origins: My mystery hornpipe
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 28 Aug 21 - 04:21 AM

“Some village in Ireland” - well Galway’s a bit bigger than a village! ;-)
Definitely Galway first half, and even the latter part of of the second section. It’s just those chords at the start of the second part that don’t conform to the more usual version.

Subject: RE: Origins: My mystery hornpipe
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 28 Aug 21 - 04:29 AM

Here’s the Galway Hornpipe, much as I would play it, and the Belfast for good measure!
Galway and Belfast Hornpipes