Annotation:Smiling Dickes Hornpipe (1)
X:1 T:Smiling Dickes Hornpipe [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the N:mid-20th cent. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (3ABc|dAdA FDFA|Bdce dcBA|Gcdc BAGF|E2 e2e2 (3ABc| dAdA FDFA|Bdce dcBA|Bcdc cgec|d2d2d2:| |:fg|afdf gece|dcdB AFDF|GFGA BAGF|E2e2e2 de| fdfd AFAd|gege cAce|dcdc Bgec|d2d2d2:|
SMILING DICKES HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "Medal (The)," "Lord Eglington's Hornpipe," "Ross's Hornpipe," "Rusher's Hornpipe." English, Hornpipe (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This hornpipe melody is not the usual one that goes by the name "Smiling Dick's" ('Smiling Dickey', 'Smiling Dickky's', 'Smiling Dicky's'), for which see "Smiling Dicky's Hornpipe (2)." It was entered into the music manuscript copybook of John Burks, dated 1821. Unfortunately, nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his music manuscript is English. The frontispiece shows the names of several subsequent owners, although the music notation seems to be in one hand. The ms. was found in private hands in the United States, perhaps a descendent although the ancestral connection had been lost.
In 1825 the tune was published in Alexander’s Fifty New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes under the title "Lord Eglington's Hornpipe."
