Annotation:Across the Fence

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Tune properties and standard notation


ACROSS THE FENCE. AKA - “Talk:Cross the Fence,” “Talk:Reilly’s (Hornpipe).” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC (Mulvihill): AABBCC’ (Cranitch). Composed by Brendan McGlinchy. The tune is in Bulmer & Sharpley as “Reilly’s Hornpipe.” Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill].

Print sources: Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 91, pg. 162. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 45, pg. 102. Mulligan LUN 033,

Record sources:Dolores Keane, with Eamonn Currann and Kieran Crehan - "Broken Hearted I'll Wander" (1979).


Tune properties and standard notation


Composed by Brendan McGlinchy. The tune is in Bulmer & Sharpley as "Reilly's Hornpipe." It appears in Martin Mulvihill's 1st Collection (1986, No. 45, p. 102, learned from Baltimore fiddler Brendan Mulvihill) and in Matt Cranitch's Irish Fiddle Book (1996, No. 91, p. 162.