Liverpool Hornpipe/ John Brown's Delight

brilliant loved it barney mckenna
watch out ha ha

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

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.

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

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.

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...

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.

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?

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

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').