Annotation:Cois Ceimeanna (Na)
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COIS CEIMEANNA, NA (The Stepping Stones). AKA and see "Blueskin's Hornpipe," "Jenkin's Hornpipe," "Stepping Stones (The)," "Stoney Steps (4)/Stony Steps," "Tumbler's Hornpipe (1)," "Washington Hornpipe." Irish, Hornpipe. Ireland, County Donegal. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. From the repertoire of fiddler John Doherty, County Donegal, Ireland, who called it "The Stepping Stones" due to its rising and falling step-like melody, according to Caoimhin Mac Aoidh. The tune is still in the County Donegal fiddle repertory, though its origins are Scottish (as "Jenkin's Hornpipe").
