- Style
- Celtic
- Tradition
- Irish
- Form
- Hornpipe
- Key
- D
- Level
- 3
- Played on
- Fiddle and Mandolin
In the public domain. Source
Music
90bpm
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Chord chart
History
Francis O'Neill printed this hornpipe in 1903 and again in 1907, and it has stayed in the set dancing repertoire since. Kerry accordion player Johnny O'Leary played it, and the Liverpool Céilí Band recorded it on Off to Dublin in 1966.
It has relatives on both sides of the Atlantic. In Cape Breton a close cousin is "Smith's Delight," and in West Virginia it was played as a reel. Samuel Bayard found its first part in Pennsylvania square dance tunes, one of them called "Sugar in the Gourd."