hornpipe · Key of D

Limerick Junction

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Limerick Junction"Limerick JunctionHornpipe S333330544240502542060240525252025452025452Tenor Banjo334424050254206024545025245400Tenor Banjo305450230405023575255303325205505Tenor Banjo D.S.3333450230405023525232033052025452025452Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1720Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1720
T:Limerick Junction
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1720
R:Hornpipe
K:D
(A>"   S"G) | F2 F>E F>Ad>A | B>G ((3FED) C>D E2 | F>Ad>f a>fd>f |\
(3efd (3cdB (3ABG (3FGE |
           F2 F>E F>Ad>A | B>G  (3FED  C>DE>c | d>cd>A B>G (3EFG | F2 D2 HD2 ||
  (e>d)  | c>de>f g>ec>e | d>e  (3fga  b>af>a | a>ge>g g>fd>f | e2 a2 a2 e>d |
           c>de>f g>ec>e |    d>ef>g   a>fd>f | g>fe>g g>ed>f |\
(3efd (3cdB (3ABG (3FG"   D.S."E |]
FAQ

Questions about Limerick Junction

  • Limerick Junction is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in C|.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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