Annotation:Kirk's Hornpipe
X:1 T:Kirk's Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 42) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (AG)|FGAF D2d2|cdec A2f2|gfed B2 (ed)|c2A2A2 (AG)| FGAF D2d2|cdec A2f2|gfed cdce|d2 [F2d2][F2d2]:| |:(fg)|afdf a2a2|gece g2g2|fedc d2 (ed)|c2A2A2 (fg)| afdf a2a2|gece g2g2|fedc Bdce|d2 [F2d2][F2d2]:|]
KIRK'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Soft Side Hornpipe," "York Hornpipe (1)," "West End (The)." Scottish, Hornpipe (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was entered into the c. 1850 music manuscript collection of Manchester, England, musician John Roose as "Birks", "Kirkgate" or "Soft Side Hornpipe."
