Cooley's Hornpipe

 COOLEY'S HORNPIPE. AKA - "Joe Cooley's Hornpipe." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major (most versions): A Major (O'Malley). Standard tuning. AABB (most versions): AA'BB' (O'Malley). Composed by Nenagh, County Tipperary, button accordion player Paddy O'Brien (1922-1991), in honor of renowned County Galway D/D# box player Joe Cooley, a contemporary who also helped to popularize the tune. There are several variants of the second part of the tune in modern usage, but regardless it remains a popular session tune. Sources for notated versions: Seán Ryan [Miller & Perron]; Eddie Bolger [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974; book 3, No. 74 (appears as "Coolies"). Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 188, p. 71. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 1, No. 1. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 114. O'Brien (The Compositions of Paddy O'Brien), 1992. O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music), 1976; No. 124, p. 62. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 2; No. 43, p. 18. Recorded sources: Tara Music TARACD 2006, Noel Hill & Tony Linnane (1978). See also listings at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index, Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources , Alan Ng's Irishtune.info. X:1 T:Cooley's Hornpipe M:4/4 L:1/8 C:Paddy O'Brien (Tipp.) R:Hornpipe K:G (3def|gG~G2 EGDC|B,G,B,D GBdg|~e2 ce ~d2 Bd| (3cBA BG ~A2 (3def| gG~G2 EGDC|B,G,B,D GBdg|ecAG FAdc| ~B2 GF G2:|| GA|BGBd edBd|~g2 bg egdB|~c2 ge dGBd|cBA^G ~A2 dc| BGDC B,DG=F| ~E2 CE DGBd|gfge dBcA|~B2 GF G2 :||

X:2 T:Cooley's Hornpipe C:Paddy O'Brien, Tipperary R:hornpipe D:Noel Hill & Tony Linnane D:Mary Bergin: Feadoga Stain 2 Z:id:hn-hornpipe-62 Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se M:C| K:G (3def|gG~G2 EGDC|B,DGB dg~g2|e2ce d2Bd|cAAG A2 (3def| gG~G2 EGDC|B,DGB dg~g2|ecAG FAdc|BGGF G2:| BG~G2 E2cE|~E2cE DGBd|~g3e dBcA|BGGF G2:||
 * GA|BG (3Bcd edBd|g2bg edBd|~g3e dBGA|BAAG Ad^cd|

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