Good Morning To Your Nightcap

reel

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on January 20th 2002 by Mad Baloney.

This tune has been added to 175 tunebooks.

Also known as Coleman's, The Drunken Policecar, The Drunken Policeman, Good Morning Nightcap, Good Morning, Nightcap?, Good Morrow To Your Nightcap, The Laughing Policecar, Michael Coleman's, Morning Nightcap, The Morning Nightcap, Over The Waves, Shifting Gravel.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Few Tunes by John Skelton
A Small Island (Traditional Music From Cork) by Brid Cranitch, Vince Milne And Pat Sullivan
A Tribute To John McKenna by Mick Woods
An Irish Evening by The Chieftains
An Ocean's Breadth by Mick McAuley
Aris by Le Cheile
Beginning Irish Fiddle by Martin Mulvihill
Cherish The Ladies-Live by Cherish The Ladies
Clare Concertinas by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
Country Fiddle Band: One Hundred Years Of Country Dance Music by New England Conservatory Country Fiddle Band
Dead String Rhythm by Flynn Cohen
Dreaming Up The Tunes by Johnny Og Connolly And Brian McGrath
Dusk Till Dawn by Charlie Lennon And Johnny Og Connolly
Easy And Slow by Claddagh
Fair Play by Patrick Ball
Feel The Bow by Aidan Burke
Fiddler's Fancy by Tommy Peoples
For The Same Reason by Anders Trabjerg And Tak Tamura
Garden Of Butterflies by Jody's Heaven
Glass Of Beer by Greenhouse
Heathery Breeze by Matt Molloy
Herding Cats by Gaelic Storm
Hills Of Erin by Karen Ashbrook
If The Cap Fits by Kevin Burke
Irish Traditional Flute Solos And Band Music From Kerry And Tipperary by Billy Clifford
King Of The Concert Flute by Seamus Tansey
Learning Irish Fiddle by Paul McNevin
Many's A Wild Night - Domhnach Is Dalach by Jackie Daly
Memories Of Hughie Gillespie by Frank Kelly
On Two Levels by Sean Maguire
Pathway To The Well by Matt Molloy And John Carty With Arty McGlynn
Pay The Piper: Music For The Sets Volume 3 by Various Artists
Phantom Power by Phantom Power
Rig-a-jig-jig: Dance Music Of The South Of England by Various Artists
Sligo Ceili by Seamus Tansey
Spring The Summer Long by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
Suantrai by John Canny, Kevin Carey And Terence O'Reilly
The Apple In Winter by Brian Conway And Tony DeMarco
The Best Of Aly And Phil by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
The Black Rose by Jesse Autumn With Barry Phillips
The Good Ear by Dougal Adams And Ormonde Waters
The Merry Sisters Of Fate by Lunasa
The Schoolmaster's House by Mike McHale
The Shores Of Lough Graney by P.J.Hayes And Martin Hayes
Traditional Fiddle Music From County Clare by Vincent Griffin
Tuned In by Johnny Murphy
Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 1 by Various Artists

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

This is a very simple tune which is fun to play, It's often played as a set following Farrel O'Gara's

# Posted on January 20th 2002 by Mad Baloney

Coleman's nightcap

Just to say,Brad,that this tune is also down as 'Coleman's' on Kevin Burke's 'If the cap fits' album and that someone also told me that it's called the 'Drunken policecar'.
I like it anyway and I just wonder where all these different titles come from.
I know it does n't have owt to do with the tune but it's funny to see what things get transmogrified.I dont know were that word came from but I know it exists.
dave

# Posted on January 22nd 2002 by biggus dave

I first heard this on an early album by Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell, under the name of "Matt's", and thought it was a Northumbrian tune until I heard Kevin Burke's recording of it on his album "If The Cap Fits". I think it has been popularised more recently by Four Men And A Dog. It is a simple tune, but not necessarily an easy one. It's hard to know what to do with those long notes on mandolin or banjo. On the fiddle, double stringing the first high E (i.e. playing the open E string and doubling the E on the A string) sounds good - but then I don't play the fiddle, so what do I know.

# Posted on January 27th 2002 by ragaman

Those long notes.

The players at thesession I go to roll those two half notes. Seems the obvious thing, I suppose. Of course, they are mostly pipers and fiddlers, so it's easier to deal with than it would be on a mandolin. I guess one could just do any rhythmic pattern but stay on the same note. Actually, I think sometimes they also slide up to those notes, which sounds very cool. This tune's great for practicing all kinds of ornamentation, cuz no matter what you do, in what combination, it works.

# Posted on January 28th 2002 by Kerri Brown

This tune is strongly associated with Michael Coleman because he recorded it on a popular 78. That's probably how Burke came up with the "Coleman" name. as far as the drunken police car maybe thase two first long notes sound like a drunk siren??

# Posted on January 28th 2002 by Mad Baloney

Well, I tried applying the "Chris Smith" test to it... while my wife played the tune, I droned on A and droned on E. E sounded off. A sounded right.

This is sort of the short form of some other tests I do, like seeing what chords could be constructed from the notes of the individual bars (too much hassle usually).

My first thought on my first accompaniment of this tune was "It's A Dorian."

# Posted on June 27th 2004 by KC Gross

Mick McAuley plays this in concert. It's scary.

# Posted on October 12th 2005 by Zazzaliss

popularised by Lunasa (played down a tone on the C whistle) following on after McLeod's Farewell (transposed to D for the pipes and increectly named the Wedding Reel). I learned it from their recording, which resolves heavily onto the Ador each time, and the high g leading notes back onto e help give it a lift. But I think there's more interest in the second part of the tune keeping the EAAc BGGB, as Matt Molloy does, rather than Kevin Crawford's EAAA BGGG. Great tune

X: 1
T: Morning Nightcap
T: loosely based on Lunasa's version
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
(3Bcd | ~e3c dedB | cBcd eedg | e3c dedB | BAAG A2 (3Bcd |
~e3c dedB | cBcd eedg | e2ga gedB |1 BAAG A2 :||2 BAAG AGED ||
EAAc BGGB | cBcd eedg | eAAA BGG2 | BAAG AGED |
EAAc BGGB | cBcd eedg | e2 ga gedB |1 BAAG AGED :||2 BAAG A2 ||

# Posted on December 15th 2007 by WhistlinLeeds

PS: the set, with Morning Nightcap second, is on YouTube here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOI41Zdb54g

# Posted on December 15th 2007 by WhistlinLeeds

KC's right it is in A dorian.

# Posted on March 21st 2008 by Unseen122