Kit O’Mahoney’s (hornpipe) on The Session

Also known as Deer’s March, Druid’s Field, The Druid’s Field, The Hawthorn, Kit O’Mahony’s.

Four settings

X: 1
T: Kit O'Mahoney's
R: hornpipe

X: 2
T: Kit O'Mahoney's
R: hornpipe

X: 3
T: Kit O'Mahoney's
R: hornpipe

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
dc|{d}BdBG ABAG|{A}FGAB {e}cAFA|BGBd cAGF|DDG2 G2dc|
{d}BdBG ABAG|FGAB cA ag|ff/f/fd cAGF|DDG2 G2dc||
{d}BdBG ABAG|FGAB cAFA|DGBd cAGF|DDG2 G2dc|
{d}BdBd AdAG|FGAB cA ag|ff/f/fd cAGF|DDG2 GDB,D||
GABc d2g2|defd cAGF|GABc ddef|gagf d2ef|
gBdg fAdf|efed ^cd (3efg|fafd cAGF|DDG2 GDB,D||
GABc d2g2|defd cAGF|GABc ddef|gagf d2ef|
gBdg fAdf|efed ^cd (3efg|fafd cAGF|DDG2 GDB,D||

X: 4
T: Kit O'Mahoney's
R: hornpipe

Eighteen comments

“Kit O’Mahoney’s Hornpipe” ~ courtesy of Tim, alias ‘tmcelrea’

You should have figured that one out right away, the ‘arrows’ are missing. If it were me posting this I’d have used the >>>>‘s, as is my way and want. But, with respect to the contributor on who’s part I’m acting, I have left it arrow free. I’ll add my own take to it in the comments later. Further, in respect of the person on who’s part I’m acting their comment and some links will follow… 🙂

“Kit O’Mahoney’s Hornpipe” ~ # Posted on July 16th 2006 by tmcelrea

Patrick taught me his hornpipe setting of this tune a few years back. I’ve listed it in the comments of the album ‘Tracin’, recorded with Gearóid Ó HAllmhuráin:

Tracin’ ~ Gearóid Ó HAllmhuráin And Patrick Ourceau
Submitted on June 14th 2002 by Bloomfield.
https://thesession.org/recordings/209

Track 14: Kit O’Mahoney’s / Fahy’s Delight

On the album it is played down a whole step. He was playing a fiddle tuned down to FCGD.

It is aslo tune #1593 in O’Neill’s 1850.
I am told that Kit O’Mahoney is Francis O’Neill’s mother.

Tim

# Posted on July 16th 2006 by tmcelrea

“Kit O’Mahoney’s Jig”

https://thesession.org/tunes/4234
Submitted on February 17th 2005 by spoon.

“Kit O’Mahoney’s Hornpipe” ~ with >>>>’s, after incarceration…

I like this hornpipe, but the jig’s one of my favourite tunes. Cheers for the submission anyways, I’ve been meaning to learn the hornpipe version properly for a while but haven’t got round to it yet. 🙂

ceolachan,

I admire (and appreciate) your restraint in not adding the >>>>s. All those dots give me a headache. I generally just assume that all hornpipes should sound like ‘doo-key doo-key doo-key doo-key doo-key’. 😉

Tim

I’ts my underground and criminal history that has implanted the arrows on my handiwork… 😉

Ah, I see. I suppose I’m just not that edgy (Touchy, perhaps, but edgy? No.)

😉

Kit O’Mahoney’s - Another Option

I’ve always known Kit O’Mahoney’s as a hornpipe but here it’s played as a jig and in the key of “C” rather than “G”. It’s on the Comhaltas site over at http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_229_2_bronwyn_de_paor/ and is also another example of the great music being played by today’s younger musicians.

Re: Kit O’Mahoney’s - Another Option

The hornpipe version was posted by Ceolachan here at https://thesession.org/tunes/5970

Kit O’Mahoney’s - Version from Edel Fox

Here’s a transcription of the version Edel Fox played on the Clare FM Kitchen Sessions in November 2007. I ran out of patience trying to work out the cuts in the B part and couldn’t figure out the chords she used (her concertina has a few more buttons than mine and perhaps a different layout on the 3rd row). There are also some variations the 2nd time through (eg. substituting a high a in place of the f/f/ in the 7th bar of the A part.

T:Kit O’Mahoney’s
R:Hornpipe
L:1/8
M:4/4
S:Edel Fox from the Clare FM Kitchen Sessions, 2007
Z:Gary Martin
K:GMaj
dc|{d}BdBG ABAG|{A}FGAB {e}cAFA|BGBd cAGF|DDG2 G2dc|
{d}BdBG ABAG|FGAB cA ag|ff/f/fd cAGF|DDG2 G2dc||
{d}BdBG ABAG|FGAB cAFA|DGBd cAGF|DDG2 G2dc|
{d}BdBd AdAG|FGAB cA ag|ff/f/fd cAGF|DDG2 GDB,D||
GABc d2g2|defd cAGF|GABc ddef|gagf d2ef|
gBdg fAdf|efed ^cd (3efg|fafd cAGF|DDG2 GDB,D||
GABc d2g2|defd cAGF|GABc ddef|gagf d2ef|
gBdg fAdf|efed ^cd (3efg|fafd cAGF|DDG2 GDB,D|]

Kit O’Mahoney’s Hornpipe

The version given here is a little different from the “original” as published by O’Neill (no. 838 in DMoI). I say original because Kit O’Mahoney was O’Neill’s mother!

The version in O’Neill tune makes the tune’s ultimate identity with the “minor” (i.e. Dorian) English Hornpipe called the Sportsman’s (or Oldham) Hornpipe even clearer.