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The Cobbler’s polka

Also known as The Cobbler’s, The Cobbler, High Point, O’Keeffe’s, Padraig O’Keefe’s, Padraig O’Keeffe’s.

There are 10 recordings of a tune by this name.

The Cobbler’s has been added to 8 tune sets.

The Cobbler's has been added to 131 tunebooks.

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Five settings

X: 1
T: The Cobbler's
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Bmin
Bc|:"Bm"dB bB|"D"de f>e|"Bm"dB bB|"A"c/B/A/c/ ef/e/|!
"Bm"dB bB|"D"de f>e|"Bm"d>e "D"f/e/d|1"Bm" B2 B>c:|2 "Bm" B2B2||!
|:"Bm"fe/f/ ba|"D"fe f>e|"Bm"dB bB|"A"c/B/A/c/ ed/e/|!
"Bm"fe/f/ ba|"D"fe f>e|"Bm"d>e "D"f/e/d|1"Bm" B2 B2:|2 "Bm"B2 B>c||!
X: 2
T: The Cobbler's
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Bmin
dB bB | de f>e | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e>c |
dB bB | de f>e | de f/e/d | B2 :|
f2 ba | fe f>e | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e2 |
f2 ba | fe f>e | de f/e/d | B2 :|
GE BE | GA B>A | GE BE | F/E/D/F/ A>F |
GE BE | GA B>A | GA B/A/G | E2 :|
B2 ed | BA B>A | GE BE | F/E/D/F/ A2 |
B2 ed | BA B>A | GA B/A/G | E2 :|
|: fB bB | de f>e | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e/g/f/e/ |
fB bB | de f2 | ff f/e/d | B2 B2 :|
|:ff/f/ ba | fe fe | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e/g/f/e/ |
|ff/f/ ba | fe fe | ff f/e/d | B2 B2 :|
X: 3
T: The Cobbler's
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amin
cA aA | cd e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ de/d/ |
cA aA | cd e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 :|
a2 ge | dc e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ d2 |
a2 ge | dc e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 :|
X: 4
T: The Cobbler's
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
E>F |:GE BE|GE B>A|GE BE|F/E/D/F/ AB/A/|GE BE|GA B>A|GA B/A/G/F/|1E2 E>F:|2 E2 E>A||!
|:Be ed|BA B>A|GE BE|F/E/D/F/ AG/A/|Be ed|BA B>A|GA B/A/G/F/|1E2E>A:|2E2 E>F||
X: 5
T: The Cobbler's
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Bmin
dB fB | dB f>e | dB fe | c/B/A/c/ ef/e/ |
dB fB | de f>e | de f/e/d/c/ |1 B2 B>c :|2 B2 B2 ||
|: fb ba | fe f>e | dB fB | c/B/A/c/ e2 |
fb ba | fe f>e | de f/e/d/c/ |1 B2 B2 :|2 B2 B>c ||

Seven comments

This is one of my favorite tunes (and this from a guy who gnashes his teeth at most polkas!), learned off a Cherish the Ladies cd—great version there. They start out slow, as an air more or less, then crank it up and adding some brilliant 1/16 runs.

I usually play the 2nd and 6th measures of the B part as:
|fe f/a/f/e|

Posted .

“O’Keefe’s / The Cobbler’s Polka” ~ moved back from the ‘future’

The following three settings are from a duplication of this tune and other offerings in the comments for it:

"The Cobbler Polka"
Submitted on June 10th 2006 by new-strings.
https://thesession.org/tunes/5849

K: b minor
|: B>c |
dB bB | de f>e | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e>c |
dB bB | de f>e | de f/e/d | B2 :|
|: B2 |
f2 ba | fe f>e | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e2 |
f2 ba | fe f>e | de f/e/d | B2 :|

K: e minor
|: E>F |
GE BE | GA B>A | GE BE | F/E/D/F/ A>F |
GE BE | GA B>A | GA B/A/G | E2 :|
|: E2 |
B2 ed | BA B>A | GE BE | F/E/D/F/ A2 |
B2 ed | BA B>A | GA B/A/G | E2 :|

# Posted on June 10th 2006 by new-strings

K: b minor
|: fB bB | de f>e | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e/g/f/e/ |
fB bB | de f2 | ff f/e/d | B2 B2 :|
|:ff/f/ ba | fe fe | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e/g/f/e/ |
|ff/f/ ba | fe fe | ff f/e/d | B2 B2 :|

# Posted on June 25th 2006 by Clifardo Albrechto

O’Keeffe’s Polka/The Cobbler/High Point Polka

On their ‘Barefoot On the Alter’ album, Chulrua play this in Am and call it "High Point Polka":

X: 2
T: High Point Polka
S: Chulrua, Barefoot On the Alter
Z: Nigel Gatherer
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Bmin
cA aA | cd e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ de/d/ |
cA aA | cd e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 :|
a2 ge | dc e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ d2 |
a2 ge | dc e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 :|

O’Keeffe’s Polka/The Cobbler/High Point Polka

The tune immediately above should say K: Am.

I learned this polka, in Bm, a few years back from flute player Nuala Kennedy; she called it "Josephine Marsh’s" for want of a name. It can also be heard in its A minor form on Denis Doody’s album ‘Denis Doody Plays Kerry Music’ (1978) as "Din Tarrant’s".

O’Keefe’s, X:4

From Julia and Billy Clifford’s "Ceol As Sliabh Luachra," called "The Cobbler."

Re: The Cobbler’s

recorded by De Dannan on their ‘Mist Covered Mountain’ album, 1980, under the title - O’Keefe’s