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…
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“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 :|