X: 1
T: Cronin's Hornpipe
C: traditional Irish
Z: Frank Weber
D: 1978: Paddy Keenan & Paddy Glackin: Doublin
D: 1992: Gerry O'Connor: Irish Folk Festival 1992 - Next Generation
D: 1997: Na Connerys: Fire in our Hearts, Part 2
D: 1997: Cherish the Ladies: Live
D: 2002: Ronan Browne & Peter O'Loughlin: Touch Me If You Dare
D: Comhaltas: Fionn Seisiún 1
N: Paddy Cronin is an Irish fiddler. Cronin was born in Ré Buí near Gneeveguilla, County Kerry in the 1920s. He was taught fiddle by Padraig
N: O'Keeffe. In 1949, Seamus Ennis recorded him on acetate disc for Radió Éireann, copies of which are held in the Irish Traditional Music Archive.
N: Shortly after making these recordings, he left Ireland and emigrated to Boston in the United states. During the 1950s, he continued to record,
N: becoming very well known through the 78rpm discs he made for the O'Byrne-De Witt label. In 1975, Paddy released The Rakish Paddy LP with
N: Fiddler Records of Seattle, and in 1977 released Kerrys Own Paddy Cronin with Outlet records of Belfast. In 2007, Cronin was awarded the
N: prestigious Gradam Saoil, or Lifetime Achievement Award, by the Irish Gaelic-language television station TG4, in honour of his contribution to
N: Irish Traditional Music over six decades. (source: en.wikipedia.org, Mar. 2008)
N: Chords: | G | G  | C   | D  |
N:         | G | G  | C D | G :||
N:         | D | Em | G   | D  |
N:         | G | G7 | C D | G :||
N: alternative Harmonien von Frank Dürschner, Nov. 2004
N:         | G D | Em D | G   D    | Em D  |
N:         | G D | Em D | G   D    | G D G :||
N:         | D   | Em   | G D Em D | Em D  |
N:         | G D | Em D | G   D    | G D G :||
R: Hornpipe
L: 1/8
K: G maj
M: 4/4
BA | GABd dBde | gage dega | bage dBGA | BAAG AcBA |
   | GABd dBde | gage dega | bage dBAB | G2GF G2  :||
fg | add^c d2ga | beed e2ga | (3bag (3agf (3gfe dB | BAAG AcBA |
   | GABd  dBde | gage dega |   bage        dBAB   | G2GF G2  :||