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O’Donnell’s hornpipe

Also known as Maguire’s Fiddle.

There are 15 recordings of this tune.
This tune has been recorded together with

O’Donnell’s appears in 3 other tune collections.

O’Donnell’s has been added to 56 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: O'Donnell's
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
Bc|:(3dcB ge dBed|BGDG ABAG|FGAB cBcg|
(3agf (3gfe dcBc|(3dcB ge dBed|BGDG ABAG|
FGAB cdef|1 (3gfg ba g2 Bc:|2 (3gfg ba g2 (3def||
|:gbag fagf|ef (3gfe fdBd|gbag fagf|
ef (3gfe fdBd|c2 Ac B2 GB|AGFA GFEc|
DEFG AB (3cBA|1 (3d^cd ba g2 (3def:|2 (3d^cd ba g4||
2
X: 2
T: O'Donnell's
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
Bc|dB ge dB ed|BG DG A2 AG|FG AB cd ef|(3gba (3gfe dc Bc|
dB ge dB ed|BG DG A2 AG|FG AB cd ef|(3gfg ba g2:|
ef|gb ag fa gf|eg fe fd Bd|gb ag fa gf|eg fe fd Bd|
(3cdc Ac (3BdB GB|(3ABA FA GF EF|DE FG AB cA|(3GBd (3gdB G2:|
3
X: 3
T: O'Donnell's
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:B>c|(3dcB ge d>Be>d|B>GD>B A2A>G|F>GA>B c>de>f|(3gba (3gfe d2B>c|
dg (3gfe d>Be>d|B>GD>B A2A>G|F>GA>B c>de>f|~g2 b>a g2:|
|:e>f|g>ba>g f>ag>f|e>gf>e (3fgf d2|g>ba>g f>ag>f|e>f (3gfe fdBd|
(3cdc A>c (3BcB G>B|(3ABA F>A G>FE>F|D>EF>G A>Bc>A|(3GBd (3gdB G2:|
↳ Added by X .
4
X: 4
T: O'Donnell's
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
dg (3gfe dBed|BGDG ABAG|FGAB cdef|(3gba (3gfe d2Bc|
dg (3gfe dBed|BGDG ABAG|FGAB cdef|1 gfga g2Bc:|2 gfga g2ef||
|:gbag fagf|ef (3gfe fdBd|gbag fagf|ef (3gfe fdBd|
(3cdc Ac (3BdB GB|(3AcA EA GFEF|DEFG AB (3cBA|1 (3GBd (3gdB G2ef:|2 (3GBd (3gdB G2Bc||

Seven comments

Maguire’s Fiddle (hornpipe)

Source: The Natural Bridge by Ben Lennon And Friends
Transcription: gian marco pietrasanta

O’Donnell’s

hay this hornpipe is called the “O‘Donnell’s” and can be found in O’Neill’s 1001 num 889
great hornpipe not heard alot these days

Setting From Billy McComiskey’s “Makin’ The Rounds”

Here is a setting I notated from Billy McComiskey’s “Makin’ The Rounds”.
X:1
T:O’Donnell’s
R:hornpipe
Z:rd-4/11/2014
S:Billy McComiskey “Makin’The Rounds”
N:played in set before Spellan The Fiddler
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gmaj
dg (3gfe dBed|BGDG ABAG|FGAB cdef|(3gba (3gfe d2Bc|
dg (3gfe dBed|BGDG ABAG|FGAB cdef|1 gfga g2Bc:|2 gfga g2ef||
|: gbag fagf|ef (3gfe fdBd|gbag fagf|ef (3gfe fdBd|
(3cdc Ac (3BdB GB|(3AcA EA GFEF|DEFG AB (3cBA|1 (3GBd (3gdB G2ef:|2 (3GBd (3gdB G2Bc||

Re: O’Donnell’s

This is a shortened version of the Lancashire Clog tune ‘Flee as a Bird’, a four part show-off piece for clog dancers in northern England. It was published as a Lancashire clog tune in Boston USA around 1880.

Great playing of this on mandolin by Fergal Scahill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPDpZUkR0CA