The Hand Organ hornpipe

There is 1 recording of this tune.

The Hand Organ appears in 1 other tune collection.

The Hand Organ has been added to 6 tunebooks.

Three settings

1

X: 1
T: The Hand Organ
R: hornpipe

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|: (3ABc |d>AF>E D>FA>d | B>GE>C D2 E>F | (3GFG A>F G>EC>d | c>AA>^G A>Bc>A |
d2 A>F D>FA>d | B>GE>C D2 E>F | (3GFG A>F G>EC>D | E2 D>C D2 :|
|: A>G |F>DA>D F>DA>D | (3GFG B>A (3GFG B>A | F>DA>D F>DA>D | (3CDE A>E (3CDE A>E |
F>D (3DDD F>D (3DDD | (3GFG B>A (3GFG B>c | d2 c2 B>GE>C | D>dA>F D2 :|

2

X: 2
T: The Hand Organ
R: hornpipe

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|: (3efg |a>ec>e A>ce>a | f>dB>G A2 B>c | d>fe>d d>cB>A | G>BA>F E2 (3efg |
a>ec>e A>ce>a | f>dB>G A2 B>c | d>fe>d c>BA>G | B2 A2 A2 :|
|: e2 |c>eA>e c>eA>e | d>fB>f d>fB>f | c>eA>e c>eA>e | G>Be>B G>Be>B |
c>eA>e c>eA>e | d>fB>f d>fB>f | e>ag>f e>dc>B | c2 A2 A2 :|

3

X: 3
T: The Hand Organ
R: hornpipe

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|: (3def |g2 d>B G>Bd>g | e>cA>F G2 A>B | c2 e>d c2 (3BAG | F>AG>E D2 (3def |
g>d (3Bcd G>Bd>g | e>cA>F G2 (3GAB | c>ed>c B>AG>F | A2 G2 G2 :|
|: (3edc |B>dG>d (3Bcd G>d | c>eA>e (3cde A>e | B>dG>d B>dG>D | (3FGA d>A (3FGA D>A |
(3Bcd G>d (3Bcd G>d | (3cde A>e (3cde A>e | d>gf>e (3ded (3cBA | G2 g2 G2 :|

Three comments

"The Hand Organ Hornpipe" ~ also played in G & A

This version learned from a friend ~ Tommy Basker, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada ~ character and harmonica virtuoso extrodinaire…

More of Tommy’s music can be enjoyed here CD, cassette & MP3s, thanks to Paul Cranford ~

"Tommy Basker: The Tin Sandwich"
http://www.cranfordpub.com/
http://www.cranfordpub.com/recordings/Basker.htm
https://thesession.org/recordings/3571

"The Hand Organ Hornpipe" ~ in A from sources

X:2
T: The Hand Organ Hornpipe
B: "Ryan’s Mammoth Collection", 1883
B: "Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes", 1940
B: "White’s Unique Collection",1896, page 17, #97
N: All sources given have the same basic notation, see below…
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: AMaj
|: (3efg |\
a>ec>e A>ce>a | f>dB>G A2 B>c | d>fe>d d>cB>A | G>BA>F E2 (3efg |
a>ec>e A>ce>a | f>dB>G A2 B>c | d>fe>d c>BA>G | B2 A2 A2 :|
|: e2 |\
c>eA>e c>eA>e | d>fB>f d>fB>f | c>eA>e c>eA>e | G>Be>B G>Be>B |
c>eA>e c>eA>e | d>fB>f d>fB>f | e>ag>f e>dc>B | c2 A2 A2 :|

Sans > & (3 ~

K: AMaj
|: eg |\
aece Acea | fdBG A2 Bc | dfed dcBA | GBAF E2 eg |
aece Acea | fdBG A2 Bc | dfed cBAG | B2 A2 A2 :|
|: e2 |\
ceAe ceAe | dfBf dfBf | ceAe ceAe | GBeB GBeB |
ceAe ceAe | dfBf dfBf | eagf edcB | c2 A2 A2 :|

"White’s Unique Collection",1896, page 17, #97
~ some slight differences:
|: e2 |\
ceae ceae | ~ | ~ | ~ |
ceAe ceAe | ~ | ~ | c[CA][CA] :|

"The Hand Organ Hornpipe" ~ a take in G

X: 3
T: The Hand Organ Hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: GMaj
|: (3def |\
g2 d>B G>Bd>g | e>cA>F G2 A>B | c2 e>d c2 (3BAG | F>AG>E D2 (3def |
g>d (3Bcd G>Bd>g | e>cA>F G2 (3GAB | c>ed>c B>AG>F | A2 G2 G2 :|
|: (3edc |\
B>dG>d (3Bcd G>d | c>eA>e (3cde A>e | B>dG>d B>dG>D | (3FGA d>A (3FGA D>A |
(3Bcd G>d (3Bcd G>d | (3cde A>e (3cde A>e | d>gf>e (3ded (3cBA | G2 g2 G2 :|

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