O’Byrne’s hornpipe

Another tune from the archive of my mind and some recordings knocking around here…

Here’s the take without the frilly bits, no > or < or (3s, as button prefers it ~

X: 1
T: O’Byrne’s
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: G Major
|: DF |\
G2 GD GBdB | cBAG FGAB | defd edBc | d2 ed cAFA |
G2 GD GBdB | c2 AG FGAB | d2 fd edDF | A2 G2 G2 :|
|: Bc |\
d2 Bd gdBG | A2 DF AGFE | d2 Bd cAFD | G2 BF GDBD |
GDBD GBdB | cBAG FGAB | defd edDF | AGGF G2 :|

Is this hornpipe not “Rick’s”, first recorded 1931 by the Ballinakill band? (They paired it with “Byrnes” following.) Sometimes it’s called “Rick’s Rambles” - I heard it once with that title on Ceili House..

The start of this tune usually is
(3DEF|G2GF GBdB|cBAG FG A2
or, on the Ballinakill recording its
(3DEF|GFGA BDEF|GBAG FGA2 at least one time.

2nd part of the tune is nearly the same as you have it -
Bc|~d2Bd edBG|A2EA AGfe|d2dB cDEF|GBAF GDBD|
GDEF GBdB|cBAG FGA2|dgfe dBDF|AGGF G2:|

I seem to recall there is another way of playing the 2nd part which I’ve heard in sessions, but don’t know where that comes from.

Happy Holidays all,
Lesl