Annotation:Helvic Head

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HELVIC HEAD. AKA - "Helvic Grove." AKA and see "Melvin Head," "Walk Out of It Hogan." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD (O'Farrell): AABBCCDDEE (Kennedy). Helvic Head (Ceann Heilbhic) is a promontory stretching out from the coastline of County Waterford. O'Neill prints the tune as "Melvin Head." Some similarities to the slip jig "Yellow Stockings."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 56, p. 15 (appears as "Helvic Head"). O'Farrell (Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes, vol. 1), c. 1805; pp. 28-29.

Recorded sources: Mulligan Records, Fisherstreet - "Out in the Night." Todd Denman & Bill Dennehy - "Like Magic."

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]



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