Galway Bay hornpipe

This name has already been used as an alt. for the Drunken Sailor but this is the tune that’s in O’Neill’s and recorded by both Joe Burke and Andy McGann as Galway Bay, so I hope it’s ok to use it.

I’ve relied on the McGann recording. If you like his use of double stops you could try |:[B3D3]c [d3F3]f| for the first bar of the A and |d [g2d2] [g2d2]| for the last bar of the B part.

X:2
T:Galway bay
R:hornpipe
S:O’Neill
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gmin
GA|BABc dcd^f|g^fga gabg|=fdbg fdcd|BAG^F GFDF|
G2GA BABG|=F2FG AGFD|GABc dcBA|B2G2G2:|
|:g2|gfd^f gabg|g=fdf GFDF|BABc dcd=e|fcdB AGFD|
G^FGA BABc|BFdB AFec|d^fga bag=f|d2g2g2:|

It’s also recorded by John McGann in his Octave Mandolin & Bouzouki book.

Someone asked in a discussion thread what people played with The Rights of Man. I remember someone playing this with it (not what I use myself - that’s Kemp’s, to be submitted soon).

I’ve known this tune ever so long. But now I discover that it’s from Kerr’s Merry Melodies Vol II. There, it is in G minor, but since I’ve always thought of it (and, as far as I know heard it played this way) in Eminor, that’s what I’ve used here.

My preference is to go into "The Blackbird". Nice change of key I feel.

Which Blackbird, hetty?

This one!
https://thesession.org/tunes/1104

It’s the only one I’ve ever known but thank you for the prompt, I hadn’t realised there were so many.
I’ve never had the need to research it. Just shows there is always something new to learn.

Paddy Carty, Conor Tully etc. played this tune a lot - in the key of Gm and basically as a slowish reel rather than a hornpipe (no dotted notes)

https://thesession.org/tunes/3453

https://thesession.org/tunes/10145/comments

X: 1
T: Democratic, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Emin
EF | GFGA ~B3d | edef dfge | dBge dBAB | GFED EDB,D |
~E3F GFGE | D2DE FEDB, | EFGA BAGF | G2E2 E2:|
~e2- | edBd efg~e- | edBd EDB,D | ~G3A BABc | dABG FEDB, |
GDBG FDcA | GDBG FDcA | Bdef gfed | B2e2 e2 :|

The Democratic
Someone asked in a discussion thread what people played with The Rights of Man. I remember someone playing this with it (not what I use myself - that’s Kemp’s, to be submitted soon).
I’ve known this tune ever so long. But now I discover that it’s from Kerr’s Merry Melodies Vol II. There, it is in G minor, but since I’ve always thought of it (and, as far as I know heard it played this way) in Eminor, that’s what I’ve used here.
# Posted on December 27th 2009 by ethical blend

The Democratic is also the name for this tune in Cole/Ryan’s, where it’s in g.

I have done a transcription of Paddy Carty’s version of this tune this afternoon. It’s a quick job but consists of most of the important elements in his playing. If anybody is interested, feel free to email me and I can send you on a MuseScore file with the score attached. It would be too much hassle for me to write it out in ABC with all of the ornaments and such included.

Tommy Potts called this "The Drunken Sailor" on his excellent solo fiddle album "The Liffey Banks" (which Frankie Gavin just highly recommended to an audience in Austin a couple nights ago, and rightly so).

And yes, the one listed above (https://thesession.org/tunes/10145/comments) does seem to be a duplicate. Is there a way to request a merge?

This is the version I originally learned many years ago in the key of G Dorian. This is the same version only in E Dorian.

This seems to belong in the Pride of Petravore / Rights of Man / King of the Fairies stable of tunes. Nice to throw in as a contrast to some of the lighter, major scale hornpipes. Or maybe just put all the minor / dorian ones together - fill yer boots!

Taken from ‘A Fine Selection of Over 200 Irish Traditional Tunes for Sessions’, compiled by David Speers with a Forward by Matt Cranitch.