Annotation:Spenser's Hornpipe
X:1 T:Spenser’s Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, Book 1, p. 63 (mid-19th century) B:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=66&z=-123.8127%2C975.5489%2C9718.0531%2C3722.2222 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D de|f2 eg fdcA|FAdA dcAG|(FG).A.A f2 ef|gfed dcBA| f2 eg fdcA|FAdA dcBA|FGAA f2 ef|gfec d2:| |:fg|a2 fg afdf|fg/a/ ed dcBA|b.g.g.g afff|gfed dcBA| {ad'c'}d'bc'a bgaf|gfed dcAG|AGFG A3g|fg/a/ ec d2:| |:de|fd {e}d2 Ad {e}d2|fd {e}d2 cBAG|(FA).A.A f2ef|gfed dcAG| fd {e}d2 Ad {e}d2|fd {e}d2 cBAG|FAAA f2 ef|gfec d2:| |:ac'|d2~b2 d2~a2|d2~g2 gfed|dggg dggg|gfed dcBA| {ad'c'}d'bc'a bgaf|gfed dcAG|AGFG A3g|fg/a/ ec d2:| |:de|f2 eg f2 eg|f2 eg fdAG|FAAA f2 ef|gfed dcAG| f2 eg f2 eg|f2 eg fdAG|F-A.A.A f2 ef|gfec d2:|]
SPENSER'S HORNPIPE.AKA and see "Bregeth (Y)," "Sermon (The)." Irish, Welsh; Hornpipe (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEE. An exceeding long traditional hornpipe, provenance unknown. The source for the Welsh version ("Y Bregeth/The Sermon") is an old ms. from which the tune was plucked by contemporary harper Robin Huw Bowen and reintroduced into the tradition. The Irish version ("Spenser's Hornpipe") can be found in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman.
