- 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
Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman recorded this hornpipe in New York in 1922 as the first half of a four part tune called "McDermott's," for the OKeh label, which mostly issued jazz and popular music. That record probably carried it into the contra dance and Cape Breton repertoires.
Montreal fiddler Jean Carignan opened his medley of Irish hornpipes, "Gigue à Ti-Jean," with it. It is also known as "The Bald Headed Bachelor" and "Dan Lowry's."