Coachman's Whip (The)
COACHMAN'S WHIP. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by flute player Vincent Broderick, originally from Bullaun, near Loughrea, County Galway, hard by the Turoe Stone, a famous Iron Age monument. Different players will sometimes start on either part of the tune; one is never quite sure. "Coachman's Whip" is one of Broderick's more popular tunes.
Source for notated version: Eamon Coyne [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Broderick (The Turoe Stone).
Printed source: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1976, vol. 3, No. 18.
Recorded source:
Green Linnet SIF 3051, Frankie Gavin - "Frankie Goes to Town." Desi Wilkinson, Gerry O'Connor & Eithne Ni Uallachain.
X:1 T:Coachman's Whip, The C:Vincent Broderick S:Green Tree Session, Edinburgh 5/9/95 Z:Nigel Gatherer R:Reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G d2 BG DGBG | E2 cE dEcE | d2 BG DGBG | FGAc BG G2 | d2 BG DGBG | E2 cE dEcE | D2 DE GABd | gedB A2 G2 :| D2 DE GABc | d2 BG DGBG | d2 BG DGBG | dBAG FG A2 | D2 DE GABc | d2 BG DGBG | FGAB cdef | gedc BG G2 :|
X:3 T:Coachman's Whip, the R:reel C:Vincent Broderick S:John Skelton, East Durham 2002 Z:lesl M:C| K:G GE|:D2DE G2GB|d2BG DGBG|E2cE dEcE|dBAG FAGE| D2DE G2GB|d2BG DGBG|FGAB cdef|gdcA BGG2:| |:d2BG DGBG|E2cE dEcE|d2BG DGBG|FGAc BGGB| d2BG DGBG|E2cE DEcE|FGAB cdef|gdcA BGG2:||
X:2 T:Coachman's Whip, The R:reel C:Vincent Broderick S:varied Z:Jack Gilder M:C| L:1/8 K:G d2 BG DGBG|~E2 BE dEBc|d2 BG DGBG|FG Ac BG Bc|d2 BG DGBG| ~E2 BE dEBE|DEGA Bd ef|1gedc BG Bc :|2gedc BG~G2 || ~D3 E ~G3B|d2 BG DGBG |~E2 BE dEBc|dBAG EFGE|~D3 E ~G3B| d2 BG DGBG|FGAB cdef|1gedc BGGE :|2gedc BG Bc||