Johnny Cope (hornpipe) on The Session

Johnny Cope

Source: Planxty "Cold Blow And The Rainy Night"
I’ll quote from the sleevenotes.

"Johnny Cope" combines the well known song and hornpipe of the same name.How it arrived in Kerry-where it was learned from the great fiddler Padric O’Keefe will never be known but in its travels from Scotland it picked up four more parts and was collected by Seamus Ennis as a six part hornpipe."

Great tune. I know it from the Noel Hill and Tony Linnane album, on which Noel Hill uses a solo break to play this tune. You say you transcribed this from "Cold Blow and the Rainy Night;" did Noel Hill play on this album? I know he played on one or two of them. I was wondering if he also played it with Planxty.

No, he’s not on the album.It was released in 1974 and the band was Liam O’Flynn,Andy Irvine,Christy Moore and Johnny Moynihan.They sing the song first and then Liam O’Flynn plays it solo.

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I have submitted another version of Johnny Cope as an addition to the previous version
www.thesession.org/tunes/2327/comments
My contribution is more closely linked to that version than the one here.

https://thesession.org/tunes/2327

Johnny Cope

Mick O’Brien also has a beautiful setting of this on his album ‘May Morning Dew’ (However, the track links to the Polka).

Tim

“May Morning Dew” ~ Mick O’ Brien

Submitted on May 6th 2005 by low b flat.
https://thesession.org/recordings/display/1536

~ to add the link… This isn’t the only case where a link is not made to the relative tune or recording. Fortunately some folks like yourself Tim make the link here in the comments, and in this case I’ve just appended the address…

Different versions of the song can be got at:

http://www.contemplator.com/scotland/cope.html

As heard on Natalie McMasters: “My Roots Are Showing”

I think Noel Hill played it in G minor, a lovely key for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJZYpyA63Kw

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nice version here

Padraig O’Keeffe plays Johnny Cope

https://soundcloud.com/suzannecronin/padraig-okeeffe-plays-johnny

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FWIW, an essay about where this version came from:
https://rushymountain.com/2017/10/06/johnny-cope/

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A link to a transcription and an excellent recording of Margaret Barry

http://www.rogermillington.com/tunetoc/johnnycopebarry.html

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Further to Chad’s posting …

Would this be the same Margaret Barry (Mairead de Barra) of Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick, the younger sister of Donal de Barra who was one of the leading figures in Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann? She played whistle and flute (prize winner in the Listowel Fleadh in about 1978 or -79 with a wonderful rendition of ‘Colonel Frazer’) and moved to Dublin to study.

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I ended up learning 5 parts of this tune today without consulting any recording, just from having them in my head somewhere, without even meaning to. Granted I had the 5th and 6th parts switched the first time through, but not bad. The only one I didn’t know was the 4th part, which I went ahead and learned because… might as well. Fantastic tune.

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This always sounds to me like it started out in life as a march, definitely a pipe tune. Taken from ‘A Fine Selection of Over 200 Irish Traditional Tunes for Sessions’, compiled by David Speers with a Forward by Matt Cranitch.

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There are words about the English general John Cope, very derisive, after he was defeated in battle with the Scots.
Sylvia Miskoe

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPddtB2VcdI

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Johnny Cope hornpipe

Three settings

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“May Morning Dew” ~ Mick O’ Brien

Different versions of the song can be got at:

As heard on Natalie McMasters: “My Roots Are Showing”

Padraig O’Keeffe plays Johnny Cope

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Johnny Cope, X:3

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