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'''HEWLETT'''. AKA and see "[[Fine Toast to Hewlett]]," "[[Hulet's Health]]," "[[Planxty Hewlett]]," "[[Sláinte bhreagh Hiúlit]]." Irish, Air (3/8 or 3/4 time). D Major (Barnes, Brody, Johnson, Spadaro): A Major (Complete Collection ..., O'Sullivan). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Complete Collection..., O'Sullivan): AAB (Barnes, Brody, Mallinson, Tubridy): AA'B (Ó Canainn): AABB (Johnson). This "lively bacchanalian composition" (read: 'bawdy drinking song') is generally credited to Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670–1738), who lost his sight at the age of 18 from smallpox. By the age of 21 he had been trained as an itinerant musician, and set off with a guide and two horses to make his way in the world. Donal O'Sulivan (1958) says that there are no attributions of air or words to O'Carolan, "but both are so characteristic that there is little doubt that it was composed by him." The melody is called "Hulet's Health" ("Sláinte bhreagh Hiúlit," or 'a toast to Hulet') in Edward Bunting's 1809 collection of Irish tunes (set in E Flat Major), where the melody first appears as a toast to Mr. Hulet/Hewlett and his hospitality. Bunting, however, did not state from whom he obtained the air. Bunting gave no source for the piece but collected some stanzas of lyric supposedly set to the tune from Blind Billy O'Malley of Louisborough, County Mayo: | |f_annotation='''HEWLETT'''. AKA and see "[[Fine Toast to Hewlett]]," "[[Hulet's Health]]," "[[Planxty Hewlett]]," "[[Sláinte bhreagh Hiúlit]]." Irish, Air (3/8 or 3/4 time). D Major (Barnes, Brody, Johnson, Spadaro): A Major (Complete Collection ..., O'Sullivan). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Complete Collection..., O'Sullivan): AAB (Barnes, Brody, Mallinson, Tubridy): AA'B (Ó Canainn): AABB (Johnson). This "lively bacchanalian composition" (read: 'bawdy drinking song') is generally credited to Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670–1738), who lost his sight at the age of 18 from smallpox. By the age of 21 he had been trained as an itinerant musician, and set off with a guide and two horses to make his way in the world. Donal O'Sulivan (1958) says that there are no attributions of air or words to O'Carolan, "but both are so characteristic that there is little doubt that it was composed by him." The melody is called "Hulet's Health" ("Sláinte bhreagh Hiúlit," or 'a toast to Hulet') in Edward Bunting's 1809 collection of Irish tunes (set in E Flat Major), where the melody first appears as a toast to Mr. Hulet/Hewlett and his hospitality. Bunting, however, did not state from whom he obtained the air. Bunting gave no source for the piece but collected some stanzas of lyric supposedly set to the tune from Blind Billy O'Malley of Louisborough, County Mayo: | ||
[[File:carolan.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Turlough O'Carolan]] | [[File:carolan.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Turlough O'Carolan]] | ||
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''Sláinte bhreagh Hiúlit sgaoil chughain é gan mhaill,''<br> | ''Sláinte bhreagh Hiúlit sgaoil chughain é gan mhaill,''<br> | ||
'''S ná cásaigidh dúbuilte lionn, "punch" is meadhar.''<br> | '''S ná cásaigidh dúbuilte lionn, "punch" is meadhar.''<br> | ||
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''Óir is é siúd _delight_ an fhir mheidhrigh gan brón''<br> | ''Óir is é siúd _delight_ an fhir mheidhrigh gan brón''<br> | ||
''Bheith páirteach le maighdean fá_mhoidore nó dhó.''<br> | ''Bheith páirteach le maighdean fá_mhoidore nó dhó.''<br> | ||
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The subject, Hewlett, has not been identified. O'Sullivan ('''Carolan: Life and Times''') prints the tune in A Major, though D is generally the key favored in modern times. In New England and elsewhere it is sometimes played as a waltz at contra dances. | The subject, Hewlett, has not been identified. O'Sullivan ('''Carolan: Life and Times''') prints the tune in A Major, though D is generally the key favored in modern times. In New England and elsewhere it is sometimes played as a waltz at contra dances. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Chieftains (Ireland) [Brody]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 38 (appears as "Enchanted Place", the name of a dance by Antony Heywood set to the tune). | |||
Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 38 (appears as "Enchanted Place", the name of a dance by Antony Heywood set to the tune). | |||
Brody ('''Fiddler's Fakebook'''), 1983; p. 133. | Brody ('''Fiddler's Fakebook'''), 1983; p. 133. | ||
Bunting ('''Ancient Music of Ireland'''), 1809; p. 7. | Bunting ('''Ancient Music of Ireland'''), 1809; p. 7. | ||
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Tubridy ('''Irish Traditional Music, vol. 2'''), 1999; p. 44. | Tubridy ('''Irish Traditional Music, vol. 2'''), 1999; p. 44. | ||
Vallely ('''Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with Armagh Pipers Club, vol. 3'''), 1978; no. 29, p. 16 (as "Fine Toast to Hewlett"). | Vallely ('''Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with Armagh Pipers Club, vol. 3'''), 1978; no. 29, p. 16 (as "Fine Toast to Hewlett"). | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Claddagh CC14, Chieftains – "Chieftains 4" (1973). | |||
Claddagh CC14, Chieftains – "Chieftains 4" (1973). | |||
North Star NS00331, "Dance Across the Sea: Dances and Airs from the Celtic Highlands" (1990). | North Star NS00331, "Dance Across the Sea: Dances and Airs from the Celtic Highlands" (1990). | ||
Shanachie 79010, Planxty – "The Well Below the Valley." | Shanachie 79010, Planxty – "The Well Below the Valley." | ||
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Wild Asparagus 002, Wild Asparagus – "Music from a Little Known Planet." | Wild Asparagus 002, Wild Asparagus – "Music from a Little Known Planet." | ||
Maureen Brennan – "To Bend the Knotted Oak." | Maureen Brennan – "To Bend the Knotted Oak." | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/h04.htm#Hew]<br> | |||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/h04.htm#Hew]<br> | |||
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/826/]<br> | Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/826/]<br> | ||
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X:1 T:Hewlett M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air K:D AF | D2D2FG | ABc2A2 | d2f2fg | fed2dB|A2F2FA| GFGABG|AFD2DE| D4 :||: A2|A2D2AB|A2D2AB| A2d2de|dcBAGF |G2GFGA|G2GFGA|GFGABG| AFD2E2|FEF2G2|ABc2A2|d2f2fg| fed2dB|A2F2FA|GFGABG|AFD2DE|D4:||
HEWLETT. AKA and see "Fine Toast to Hewlett," "Hulet's Health," "Planxty Hewlett," "Sláinte bhreagh Hiúlit." Irish, Air (3/8 or 3/4 time). D Major (Barnes, Brody, Johnson, Spadaro): A Major (Complete Collection ..., O'Sullivan). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Complete Collection..., O'Sullivan): AAB (Barnes, Brody, Mallinson, Tubridy): AA'B (Ó Canainn): AABB (Johnson). This "lively bacchanalian composition" (read: 'bawdy drinking song') is generally credited to Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670–1738), who lost his sight at the age of 18 from smallpox. By the age of 21 he had been trained as an itinerant musician, and set off with a guide and two horses to make his way in the world. Donal O'Sulivan (1958) says that there are no attributions of air or words to O'Carolan, "but both are so characteristic that there is little doubt that it was composed by him." The melody is called "Hulet's Health" ("Sláinte bhreagh Hiúlit," or 'a toast to Hulet') in Edward Bunting's 1809 collection of Irish tunes (set in E Flat Major), where the melody first appears as a toast to Mr. Hulet/Hewlett and his hospitality. Bunting, however, did not state from whom he obtained the air. Bunting gave no source for the piece but collected some stanzas of lyric supposedly set to the tune from Blind Billy O'Malley of Louisborough, County Mayo:
Sláinte bhreagh Hiúlit sgaoil chughain é gan mhaill,
'S ná cásaigidh dúbuilte lionn, "punch" is meadhar.
Mar bhíos plátaí 'gus púntaíag an u/r-fhlaith le raint
Ins a' tráth nach mbíonn diúrna i m-éan-chumann a mbíonn _sign_.
Imirt is ól fíona, céol píoba, _viol_ is cruit,
Cúilfhionn na n-ór-dhlaoi i sco/mra dhá saigheadh aige,
Óir is é siúd _delight_ an fhir mheidhrigh gan brón
Bheith páirteach le maighdean fá_mhoidore nó dhó.
The subject, Hewlett, has not been identified. O'Sullivan (Carolan: Life and Times) prints the tune in A Major, though D is generally the key favored in modern times. In New England and elsewhere it is sometimes played as a waltz at contra dances.
