Holey Ha'penny

Find traditional instrumental music


Holey Ha'penny  Click on the tune title to see or modify Holey Ha'penny's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Holey Ha'penny
Query the Archive
Query the Archive
 Theme code Index    3151 3156
 Also known as    Holey Halfpenny (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    Northumbrian/Borders, Pipe
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    ENGLAND(North East)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:J. Collingwood Bruce & John Stokoe
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Northumbrian Minstrelsy
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 170
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1882
 Artist    Biography:Tom Clough
 Title of recording    Holey Ha'Penny/Elsie Marley
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    His Master's Voice HMV B 2952 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1929
 Media    
 Score   ()   


Ho'ley Ha'penny
played by: Tom Clough 1929 (re-mastered)





Holey Ha'penny: Annotations


X:1
%
T:Holey Halfpenny, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Bruce & Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstrelsy  (1882)
K:G
d|:B2G GBG|d2G GBG|B2G GBG|d3 edc|
B2G GBG|d2c BAG|A2f fef|c3 edc:|
|:B2g gfg|d2g B2g|B2g gfg|c3 edc|
B2g gfg|d2g B2g|A2f fef|c3 edc:||
X:1
T:Holey Ha'Penny, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Cocks - Tutor for the Northumbrian Half-Long Bagpipes (1925, No. 14, p. 11)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
e|:c2A {e}AcA|e2A {B}AcA|c2A {e}AcA|e3 fed|
c2A {B}AcA|e2d cBA|B2g {a}gfg|d3 fed:|
|:c2a {g}aga|e2a c2a|c2a {g}aga|d3 fed|
c2a {g}aga|e2a c2a|B2g {a}gfg|d3 fed:|]
X:2
%
T:Holey Ha'penny
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Our Northern Branch Repertoire
R:jig
O:'Our Northern Branch' Dance Band
A:Northumberland
B:Bewick's Pipe tunes
N:This version as played by 'Our Northern Branch' - Bewick's early
N:version is simpler 
Z:John Adams - Village Music Project 
K:G 
d2c |:~B2G GFG | dBG GFG | ~B2G GFG | de=f edc |  
~B2G GFG | dBG GA_B | A2=f ede | (c3c) dc :|
|:B2g ~gfg | B2d d^cd | B2g ~gfg | de=f edc | 
B2g ~gfg | B2d dcB | A2=f ede | (c3c) dc :||

Holey Ha'penny: Annotations