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The Drunkard’s Path hornpipe

Also known as The Drunkards Path.

There is 1 recording of this tune.

The Drunkard's Path has been added to 10 tunebooks.

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One setting

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X: 1
T: The Drunkard's Path
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
(3DEF|:G2B>G (3DGB (3def|g>g f>g c>a B>g|A>f G>e F>d (3d^cd|(3efg f>e (3ded (3cBA|
G2B>G (3DGB (3def|g>b a>f g>d ^c>d|c>a B>g A>f d>c|(3Bcd A>F G2 (3DEF:|
|:G>DG>B G>Bd>B|d>gd>g b>gb>d'|c'>d'b>c' a>bg>d|(3efg f>e d>c A>F|
G>DG>B G>Bd>B|d>gd>g b>gb>d'|^c'>d' =c'>a f>d c>A|(3Bcd A>F G2 (3DEF:|

Four comments

THis delightful quirky tune was written by Grey Larsen, and played on the 1976 landmark ’Banish Misfortune" album with Malcolm Dalgish https://thesession.org/recordings/838.

He plays it on concertina, and it’s ideally suited to the instrument.

This is cooool…
But it goes too high for me. 🙁

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Drunkard’s Path

I didn’t like it then, and I don’t like it now: it’s a very awkward and graceless tune.

Gee…. thanks Dulcie22. But maybe you need to dig deeper.