The Londonderry Hornpipe
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Londonderry Hornpipe", in Gaelic "Crannciuil Doire-Calgaic", also known as <br> "Cash's Hornpipe", "Delaney's Clog", "Delaney's Favorite", "The Derry Hornpipe",<br> "Ladies Hornpipe", "Londonderry Clog" and "Showman's Clog" is an Irish and Canadian hornpipe<br> in D Major. The parts are played AABB (Allan, Perlman, Phillips), AACC (Perlman),<br> AABBCC (Kerr), AA'BBCC'DD (Moylan) or AABBCCDDEEFF (O'Neill).<br> The town of Derry was renamed Londonderry as a result of being granted to the<br> Corporation of London after the confiscation of the O'Neill estates in 1607.<br> Breathnach states that O'Neill's six-part setting was played by Leo Rowsome,<br> Willie Clancy and most other pipers. The tune was a favorite, records O'Neill (1913), of<br> County Wexford piper Johnny Cash (1832–1909), known as 'Cash the Piper'; in fact, so much<br> that it was locally known as "Cash's Hornpipe". Ken Perlman (1996) states that while this<br> is a three part tune in McDermott's Allan's Irish Fiddler (c. 1920's), on Prince Edward<br> Island the tune is in two strains, although sometimes the second part is the regular 'B' part<br> of O'Neill's melody, and sometimes the 'C' part.<br> It was printed in Giblin's Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music (1928),<br> Jarman's Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes,<br> Kerr's Merry Melodies, vol. 3 (c. 1880's),<br> McDermott's Allan's Irish Fiddler (c. 1920's),<br> Moylan's Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra (1994),<br> Krassen's O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1976),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903),<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907),<br> Perlman's The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island (1996),<br> Phillips' Fiddle Case Tunebook: British Isles (1989) and<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995).<br> It was recorded by<br> Tom Ennis (1917),<br> Tom Ennis & James Morrison (1923),<br> Graham & Eleanor Townsend on Graham & Eleanor Townsend Live at Barre, Vermont,<br> Ward Allen on The Best of Ward Allen (1973) and Ward Allen Presents Maple Leaf Hoedown,<br> vol. 2.Tom Ennis (1917).<br>
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