The Nelson hornpipe

This is one of my current favorites. I have it from the Browne Collection Manuscripts, James Lishman, Dancing Master, Cumbria, early 19th century.

Wow! That’s a great hornpipe! This is the first time that I have heard it, and I really like it.

-Max

Nelson, for those who don’t know, is a town in Lancashire, NW England.

Bc|\
dBec BAdB | GFAF G2Bd | eBge edcB | BAcA GFED |\
dBec BAdB | GFAF Ggec | BAcA GFAF | G2G2 G2 ::\
Bc|\
degf edcB | cdef g2fe | edcB cBAG | F2D2 D2AF |\
DFAF GBdB | cege dBec | BAcA GFAF | G2G2 G2:|

…as well as a one-eyed admiral on a very tall plinth and an anti-apartheid activist - and countless people named after them.

Gian Marco,

Thanks for posting another setting for this hornpipe!

This tune appears in O’Neill’s (ON1850 #1558 and ON1001 #808) as The Cloone Hornpipe.

Here’s a rather predictable pairing of this tune, followed by the Sailor’s Hornpipe, played on Mandolin & Tenor Guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeBzdoj8LrY

play video

Cheers,
Dick

The video is LORD Nelson’s hornpipe, which is a different tune