Liverpool Hornpipe/ John Brown's Delight

[Spasterix]

nice tune... good musician... video out of sync though

[JimBell1984]

liverpool hornpipe is english! not irish! the clue is in the name!!! liverpool is in England

[addisonscout]

oh, nevermind, there's two of you

[addisonscout]

dude, what are you looking at over on your right?

[REDLEN308GTB]

Morris I with my Sister Pat here now she to knows how great you are

Muriel xxx

[Mulrankin]

love the special effects ,and by the way great playing 

[sinbadvett]

I think I had one two mant whiskey's, I'm starting to see double.

[leftclog1]

well done nice playing a joy to listen to xx

[madfortrad5958]

brilliant loved it barney mckenna

watch out ha ha

[bigalguitarpicker]

And a pint was well deserved after that playing! Nifty bit of video editing too.

[RealVikingsWearKilts]

This is the first hornpipe I learned on the whistle and piano. It's good to hear it as it should be played. Great job, all four of you.

[cjwaywell]

Now this is good, very good. It was a pleasure to listen to this skillful rendition. Well done Sir.

[crexcrex71]

MB - You raised an interesting point so I checked out a few things. Comhra is indeed shown on Wikipedia Dict, as Conversation. Donn is Brown. So that wouldn't make sense. My son checked An Comhra Donn at his college and came up with 'A Brown Chest or Brown Coffin. I've also come across the name in Ceol Rince na hEireann (the Breathnach Collection) and on an early Chieftain's LP. Your video reminded me of another hornpipe called 'The Last of the Twins'!!!!!!......Lovely playing incidentally.

[morrisbrendon]

Hello crex, my guess would be that the word was intended to be "cófra", which means a wardrobe or cupboard and would fit the translation...and thanks for your compliment...

[crexcrex71]

The second hornpipe is actually called 'An Comhra Donn' which translates to the english as The Brown Box, in other words a coffin. At least you got the colour right.

[morrisbrendon]

Hello Crex, that's the name I got from Denis McMahon but if you say so I stand corrected. I thought "comhra" meant conversation, maybe you mean "cofra", a cupboard?

[ramron333]

you and your double are very good and a good singer too i hear

[morrisbrendon]

Hello guys, thanks for your interest and kind remarks. I don't have any music for "John Brown", and it's possible that it might also be known by other names, as many tunes are. I was given this name by Denis McMahon, who is well known as something of an expert when it comes to names. As he explained it, if you hum the first line slowly it sounds more or less like the song "John Brown's Body" (ie "Battle Hymn of the Republic").

[ianrobertfisher]

Yes, you are right it does sound like "John Brown's body"! You have stimulated me to practice the two tunes on my mandolin, and to a lesser extent on the tenor banjo. However, haven't quite got the cloning principle right yet to do them at the same time.

Anyone looking forward to the Liverpool-Irish festival next week for some sessions in the pubs?

[cheesecakemousetrap]

There are some good playing skillz here, no doubt. But if this guy is stimulating you, you need to get out more.

[ianrobertfisher]

Well now if 'getting out more' is your only comment to make on mine, about this nice piece of Irish traditional music, I suggest that you may wish to stay in more and practise spelling 'skills' (note the 's').

[ianrobertfisher]

Very enjoyable, acoustically and visibly. Does anyone know where the music for John Brown's Delight may be found, or is it existing under another name? I can find no reference to it.

[ianrobertfisher]

Very enjoyable, acoustically and visibly. Does anyone know where the music for John Brown's Delight may be found, rr is it existing under another name? I can find no reference to it.

[JSCWhistler]

I know I've heard the second tune... but the name escapes me... Great playing, all four of you =P

[granulomatosis2]

awesome! thanks for uploading!

[kozowyk1]

Great!