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X:1 T:Pleasures of Hope [1] L:1/8 M:C| R:Hornpipe S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 864 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (3ABc|d>AF>A B>GE>G|(3FED F>A d>cB>A|E>ee>f (3gfe f>d| e>cA>B A>GF>E|F>Ad>d d>AF>D|E>ee>f (3gfe c>A|d>fa>f b>ge>c|d2 {e}d>c d2:| |:(3ABc|d>fa>f b>ge>c|d>fa>f g>ec>A|d>fa>f (3gfe f>d|(3BBB B>A B>dA>G| F>Ad>d d>AF>D|E>ee>f (3gfe c>A|d>fa>f b>ge>c|d2 {e}d>c d2:|]

PLEASURES OF HOPE ("Taitneam an dotcuis," "Suáilcí an dóchais" or "Aoibneasa an docais"). Irish, Hornpipe (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Williamson): AABB (Deloughery, Mulvihill, O'Neill): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty). "The Pleasures of Hope" was the title of a didactic poem in heroic couplets written in 1799 by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell [1] (1777-1844), which, among other things, championed the cause of Poles.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Chicago fiddler John McFadden, originally from County Mayo [O'Neill].

Printed sources : - Paul Deloughery (Sliabh Luachra on Parade), 1988; No. 157. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 269, p. 83. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 43, p. 101. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 182. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1637, p. 304 (hornpipe). O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 864, p. 149. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; p. 82.

Recorded sources : - Liam O'Flynn - "The Piper's Call."

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [3]

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