The Drunken Sailor
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X:174
T:Drunken Sailor, The
R:hornpipe
H:See also "Johnnie Cope", #29
D:Noel Hill: The Irish Concertina
D:Sean Keane, Matt Molloy, Liam O'Flynn: The Fire Aflame
Z:id:hn-hornpipe-62
M:C|
K:Ador
AG|EAAG ABce|edcB AGEF|G2GF GABG|dBGB edcB|
AECE ABce|edcB AGEF|Ggfa gedB|c2A2 A2:|
|:zB|c2cB cdef|gdBc dBGA|(3BAG dG eGdc|(3BAG dG eGdB|
c2cB cdef|gdBc dBGB|Aaag ed (3Bcd|c2A2 A2:|
(3Bcd|eaag a2ga|bagf ~e3g|(3fed ad bdag|(3fed ad bdad|
eaag a2ga|bd'ag ecGg|(3efg fa gedB|c2A2 A2 (3Bcd|
eaag a2c'a|bagf ~e3g|(3fed ad bdag|fdda bdad|
eaag a2ga|bd'ag ecGg|(3efg fa gedB|c2A2 A2||
|:zG|EA (3cde EA (3cde|EG (3Bcd EG (3Bcd|EA (3cde EA (3cde|eaed cABG|
EA (3cde EA (3cde|d2BG DGBd|(3efg fa gedB|c2A2 A2:|
|:ze|ae (3abc' ae (3abc'|gd (3gab gd (3gab|ae (3abc' ae (3abc'|ged2 eddB|
cEAc BAGB|cBce d2^cd|(3efg fa gedB|c2A2 A2:|
P:Version 2:
|:AB|A2AG ABcd|edcB AGEF|G2GF GABc|dBGB edcB|
AECE ABcd|edcB AGEF|G2ag edcB|c2A2 A2:|
|:zB|c2cB cdef|gdBc dBGA|(3BAG dG eGdc|BGGd eGdB|
c2cB cdef|gdBc dBGB|Aaag edcB|c2A2 A2:|
|:(3Bcd|eaag a2c'a|bagf ~e3f|gdad bdad|~g3a bagf|
eaag a2c'a|bagf ~e3d|egfa gedB|c2A2 A2:|
|:zG|EAcA EAcA|DGBG DGBG|EAcA EAcA|ede=f edcB|
Acec Acec|d2BG DGBd|egfa gedB|c2A2 A2:|
|:ze|ae (3abc' ae (3abc'|gd (3gab gd (3gab|ae (3abc' ae (3abc'|gedB eBdB|
cAcA BGBd|cBce d3=f|(3efg fa gedB|c2A2 A2:|
About this tune
The Drunken Sailor is a ten-part hornpipe in A Dorian, written in C| time. The tune contains about 98 bars and spans from C3 to D16. See also "Johnnie Cope", #29
ABC notation for The Drunken Sailor
AG | EAAG ABce | edcB AGEF | G2GF GABG | dBGB edcB | AECE ABce | edcB AGEF | Ggfa gedB | c2A2 A2 :| |: zB | c2cB cdef | gdBc dBGA | (3BAG dG eGdc | (3BAG dG eGdB | c2cB cdef | gdBc dBGB | Aaag ed (3Bcd | c2A2 A2 :| (3Bcd | eaag a2ga | bagf ~e3g | (3fed ad bdag | (3fed ad bdad | eaag a2ga | bd'ag ecGg | (3efg fa gedB | c2A2 A2 (3Bcd | eaag a2c'a | bagf ~e3g | (3fed ad bdag | fdda bdad | eaag a2ga | bd'ag ecGg | (3efg fa gedB | c2A2 A2 || |: zG | EA (3cde EA (3cde | EG (3Bcd EG (3Bcd | EA (3cde EA (3cde | eaed cABG | EA (3cde EA (3cde | d2BG DGBd | (3efg fa gedB | c2A2 A2 :| |: ze | ae (3abc' ae (3abc' | gd (3gab gd (3gab | ae (3abc' ae (3abc' | ged2 eddB | cEAc BAGB | cBce d2^cd | (3efg fa gedB | c2A2 A2 :| P:Version 2: |: AB | A2AG ABcd | edcB AGEF | G2GF GABc | dBGB edcB | AECE ABcd | edcB AGEF | G2ag edcB | c2A2 A2 :| |: zB | c2cB cdef | gdBc dBGA | (3BAG dG eGdc | BGGd eGdB | c2cB cdef | gdBc dBGB | Aaag edcB | c2A2 A2 :| |: (3Bcd | eaag a2c'a | bagf ~e3f | gdad bdad | ~g3a bagf | eaag a2c'a | bagf ~e3d | egfa gedB | c2A2 A2 :| |: zG | EAcA EAcA | DGBG DGBG | EAcA EAcA | ede=f edcB | Acec Acec | d2BG DGBd | egfa gedB | c2A2 A2 :| |: ze | ae (3abc' ae (3abc' | gd (3gab gd (3gab | ae (3abc' ae (3abc' | gedB eBdB | cAcA BGBd | cBce d3=f | (3efg fa gedB | c2A2 A2 :|