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Holywell hornpipe

Also known as The Edinburgh, The Lighthouse, The Mountain, No. 171 (William Clarke Of Feltwell), Spanish Dollar.

There are 7 recordings of this tune.

Holywell has been added to 1 tune set.

Holywell has been added to 11 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Holywell
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:Bc|d3g edcB|d3g edcB|DGBG DGBG|DGBd cBAG|
d3g edcB|d2gg edcB|gfgd ecAF|FGGF GA:|
|:Bc|d2de dBGB|cdef e2AB|c2cB cBAG|Bdef g3g|
dBdg eceg|fgaf g2 (3def|gfgd ecAF|GAAB AG:|
2
X: 2
T: Holywell
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
Bc|d2 dg edcB|dgfg edcB|DGBG DGBG|DGBd cBAG|
d2 dg edcB|dgfg edcB|g>abg ecAF|G2 G2 G2:|
Bc|d2 de dBGB|c2 e2 e2 z2|cBcd cAFD|dgfa g2 g2|
dBdg eceg|fdfa gfga|bgbg ecAF|G2 G2 G2:|

Four comments

Revisiting some tunes I learned aeons ago I came across this one, not yet here, it seems. From Eliza Carthy’s "Rice"; traditional according to her liner notes.
Which tradition though? English, Scottish, Irish, Indonesian?

Holywell Hornpipe

It’s in Andrew Kuntz’s "Fiddler’s Companion" (contents are available on line - it’s a very good source). It is known by being in the tunebook of the c19 fiddler Lawrence Leadley who lived at Helperby, Yorkshire, Northern England. This place is not far North of York.

Holywell Hornpipe

Thanks Nicholas. I should’ve thought of TFC, having contributed some transcriptions myself.

Holywell, X:2

On page 63 of the James Goulding MS, Co. Cork 1817 as "Mountain’s Hornpipe".

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