Annotation:Delahunty's Hornpipe

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DELAHUNTY'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Delahanty's Hornpipe," "Home Brew (The)," "Iron Gate (The)," "John Quinn's (1)," "Kerry Hornpipe (1) (The)," "Road to Boyle (The)," "Sonny Murray's," "Wicklow Hornpipe." Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Also called "A Kerry Hornpipe" in Treoir (III, p. 11). See also the variant "Charlie is Welcome Home" (Goodman).

Source for notated version: Fred Breunig (Putney, Vt.) [Miller]; sessions at the Regent Hotel, Leeds, England [Bulmer & Sharpley].

Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 1, No. 67. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 78. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 78, p. 32. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 1, No. 61. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 116.

Recorded sources: Copely Records 9-114 (78 RPM), Paddy Cronin [1] (195?). Shanachie 79023, "Chieftains 3" (1971/1982). Tulla Ceili Band, "Ireland Green" (EMI?)L.E. McCullough, "120 Fav. Irish Session Tunes"

See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [2]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [3]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [4]