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X:1 T:Pleasures of Hope [1] L:1/8 M:C| R:Hornpipe S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 864 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (3ABc|d>AF>A B>GE>G|(3FED F>A d>cB>A|E>ee>f (3gfe f>d| e>cA>B A>GF>E|F>Ad>d d>AF>D|E>ee>f (3gfe c>A|d>fa>f b>ge>c|d2 {e}d>c d2:| |:(3ABc|d>fa>f b>ge>c|d>fa>f g>ec>A|d>fa>f (3gfe f>d|(3BBB B>A B>dA>G| F>Ad>d d>AF>D|E>ee>f (3gfe c>A|d>fa>f b>ge>c|d2 {e}d>c d2:|]


PLEASURES OF HOPE ("Taitneam an dotcuis," "Suáilcí an dóchais" or "Aoibneasa an docais"). Irish, Hornpipe (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Williamson): AABB (Deloughery, Mulvihill, O'Neill): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty). "The Pleasures of Hope" was the title of a didactic poem in heroic couplets written in 1799 by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell [1] (1777-1844), which, among other things, championed the cause of Poles.

John McFadden
Paul de Grae believes the tune may be source John McFadden's reworking of "Miss Carroll's Hornpipe," printed in piper O'Farrell's Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes (1804, p. 51).

Joyce's "Cordick's Hornpipe" is very close to O'Farrell's tune, but without the distinctive 'B' notes in bar four of the second part. Another variant is "Burns' Irish Hornpipe" in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883, p. 145)"[1].

See also "Birnes Hornpipe" and Kerr's "Byrne's Hornpipe (3)."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Chicago fiddler John McFadden, originally from County Mayo [O'Neill].

Printed sources : - Paul Deloughery (Sliabh Luachra on Parade), 1988; No. 157. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 269, p. 83. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 43, p. 101. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 182. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1637, p. 304 (hornpipe). O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 864, p. 149. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; p. 82.

Recorded sources : - Liam O'Flynn - "The Piper's Call."

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [3]

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  1. ↑ Paul de Grae, "Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections", 2017 [4].
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