John Kelly’s Hornpipe
John Kelly’s Hornpipe
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Name
John Kelly’s (Hornpipe)
About
John Kelly Junior remembers his father saying that this was an old tune played in West Clare. It was not a tune that was played very often by John Kelly Senior.
A version of this tune was also recorded by Sligo fiddler, James Morrison under the name “The Provincial Hornpipe” which he plays on the album “The Pure Genius of James Morrison” that was released by Seanachai Records in 1978.
Photo Details: Screen grab from private video taken by John Kelly Junior in Lickeen, Kilfenora, Co. Clare, 1987.
Credit: John Kelly Junior, & Mary Kelly, personal collection, 1987.
Video
John Kelly Senior playing The Ebb Tide on the concertina.
Credit: Personal collection. Video was taken by John Kelly Junior in Lickeen, Kilfenora, Co. Clare, 1987.
L-R: Timothy Kelly (James Kelly’s son), John Kelly Senior, Sarah Kelly (James Kelly’s daughter), Leah & Aoife Kelly (John Kelly Juniors daughters.
Notation
Notated from video recording above.