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Billy Moran’s version
Billy follows the Battle of Aughrim with the Corner house. Here’s the abcs that I got from an on-line mp3 at: http://www.irishaustralia.com/Billy/track4.mp3
X: 1
T: Corner House, The
S: Billy Moran
Z: Jack Gilder
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
EAAG ABcd | e2dB cBAG | EGGF G2AB |
cABG AGED |EAAG ABcd | ea2g efge |
d2Bd efge |1 dBGB A2AG :|2 dBGB A2B/c/d ||
eaag a2ga | bgab gedB | d2Bd edB/c/d |
g2 fg edB/c/d |eaag a2ga | bgab gedB |
d2B/c/d efge |1 dBGB A2B/c/d :|2 dBGB A2AG ||
The abcs from that mp3 for the Battle of Aughrim can be found here: https://thesession.org/tunes/1308
smashin’
allegedly another variation on an old tune from Junior Crehan, always wondered if it was named for the Corner House hotel in Camden but someone here will probably know the provenance of it
Corner House
X:3 from the piping of Seamus Ennis, a tune from his father James, known for his composition the Morning Thrush. According to Seamus his father would always kick off a bout of fiddling with this tune, starting on the 2nd part, and that he had no name for it. Arguably it could be considered a tune in its own right, but to me it sounds much like the House, with much of the melody simplified/truncated, especially in the 2nd part.
Corner house reel.
I am told Paddy Kelly fiddle player with the Aughrim slopes ceili band composed this tune. The corner House is a pub in the village of aughrim county Galway, Ireland. Now going by the name Valerie,s Bar.
as played by Barra Mc Allister
1st tune (followed by Black Pat’s), identified under the name Tommy Coen’s (…?) :
https://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_367_9_barra_mcallister
Re: The Corner House
i’ve heard from few different person it is a nice composition from the east galway fiddler Paddy kelly .
The Corner House, X:5
I got this setting from the Piper Dicky Deegan, he wrote it out for me years ago and I particularly like the D , on the open string in 3rd bar which isnt in most versions. Enjoy.