I recall hearing a recording a while ago of a tune called (I think) Johnny Cope that had vocals in it and ended with some mellow Uilleann pipes playing a tune someone told me was the tune called “Johnny Cope”. The pipes sounded like they were a flat set. Was this an older Planxty recording? Was that Liam O’Flynn playing the pipes on it? I remember that it really knocked my socks off.
Yeah, it’s a Planxty recording. I think it’s on “Cold Blow and the Rainy Night”. Yes Liam played a flat set, don’t recall its tuning, it’s been a long time since I listened to it.
Yup, Pat’s nailed it. Planxty played this on “Cold Blow and the Rainy Night”. Andy Irvine does the singing. Liam O’Flynn plays a B set for the hornpipe. The song is Scottish, of course, but the Scots sing it to a different tune. Check the “Tannahill Weavers IV” album to hear the Scottish version.
It was Séamus Ennis who collected this hornpipe version. He plays it on his album “The Fox Chase”. Planxty are the only ones I know of who tried to match the Scottish lyrics to the Irish hornpipe - maybe because the two had the same title (?).
djm
Thanks you guys. That explains it. Now it is coming back to me.
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PD.
Thanks Patrick. I used to have this album!@!!! My son, Evin, must have swiped it from me. He wants to come to the SCUPC tionol with me.
Excellent! Maybe he’ll be bitten this time 
Patrick.
Ennis got the version of “Johnny Cope” from the Kerry fiddler Padraig O’Keeffe.
Regards,
Harry.
Wolvy, your avatar…it’s Alex Karras playing “Mongo” in some old western, isn’t it?? If I’m right, it’s really going to frighten me because it just came to me - I didn’t even have to look it up.
Susan
Later…Blazing Saddles, right?
Yes…Mongo only pawn in game of life.
I never connected the picture-smirk
Mongo, from Mel Brooks’ ‘Blazing Saddles’.
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It’s a great tune, beautifully rendered by Liam O’flynn.
I play the Planxty version on the GHB with a D (Eb) Drone, but don’t tell anyone it’s very naughty.
The tune is quit closely related to the Scots version, which on the pipes is usually played starting on B(C).
John S
[quote=“susnfx”]Wolvy, your avatar…it’s Alex Karras playing “Mongo” in some old western, isn’t it?? If I’m right, it’s really going to frighten me because it just came to me - I didn’t even have to look it up.
Susan
And yours is of the prudish lady from the Rowen and martin laugh in that would constantly be hit on by this old man and would then beat him up
RORY
ps Now that is scarey
…Ryth Buzzy (sp?)
Well, it’s “Ruth” in English. Ruth Buzzi. That’s me - a female curmudgeon.
Susan
So, uh, Susan…thinking about taking the step into the dark side? Hmmmm? You know you want to. It’ll be loads of fun with plenty of ‘friendly’ pipers on this page to chat with and help you out. 
My introduction to the Uilleann Pipes were the chieftains, #7 to be precise. But Planxty’s ‘Cold Blow and the Rainy Night’ pushed me over the edge…and I’ve have been falling ever since…I sure hope it doesn’t hurt when I land!
Johnny Cope absolutely mesmerized me when I first heard it. But as I didn’t have a set of UPs at the time, I had to learn it on the GHB, in addition to the fiddle and whistle. Even though those instruments satisfied some of the itch, they couldn’t scratch all of it. Johnny Cope is next on my list of hornpipes to learn…right after the Belfast (…and faster) Hornpipe.
Yes I agree. Liam’s playing on Johnny Cope is hypnotic.