This hornpipe was learnt off Teada’s first album. "The Dog Big and Dog Little" is cited as the source, where it is recorded as Paddy McGurn’s. It seems Paddy was a box player from Boho, Co. Fermanagh.
Strange…..
I could have sworn this was here already. Good one "slainte".
First of May
It could well\be a version of the first of may hornpipe with the c all sharp perhaps to suit a c#d box player….
Paddy McGurn’s
This tune also appears in the "Hidden Fernmanagh " publication, with a reference that Seamus Quinn of Dog Big and Dog Little learned it from Paddy McGurn of Boho, Fermanagh
Mayday Hornipie, Teada’s ending
The last time Teada plays the B part, they play the last 3 bars like this :
|F2 E2 D2 e>f|g>fe>d c>de>d|c2A2 A2:|]
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