Annotation:Van Buren's Hornpipe
X:1 T:Van Beuren's Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe C:M. Higgins B:Original Dances, Waltzes & Hornpipes for the Violin (1829, p. 3) B:Composed by M. Higgins. New York. Published by Firth & Hall, 1 Franklin Sq. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A (3E/F/G/|A/G/A/E/ C/E/A/c/|e/^d/e/c/ A/c/e/a/|f/a/e/a/ d/a/c/a/|B/A/B/c/ e/d/B/G/| A/G/A/E/ C/E/A/c/|e/^d/e/c/ A/c/e/a/|(3f/g/a/ e/d/ c/B/A/G/|AAA:| |:E/G/|B/^A/B/G/ E/G/B/c/|d/c/d/B/ be/d/|c/B/c/A/ E/A/c/d/|e/^d/e/a/ c’e/a/| f/a/e/a/ d/a/c/a/|f/a/e/a/ d/a/c/a/|d/f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/|AAA!D.C.!:|]
VAN BUREN'S HORNPIPE. AKA - "Van Beuren's Hornpipe." AKA and see "Boys from the East (The)," "Oriental Hornpipe." American, Hornpipe (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Michael Higgins and printed in New York in 1829 in his collection Original Dances, Waltzes & Hornpipes for the Violin. The title honors Martin Van Buren, of New York Dutch descent, who became the eighth President of the United States in 1837. At the time of Higgins' publication in 1829, Van Buren was serving as Secretary of State in Andrew Jackson's administration. The hornpipe was published as "Van Buren's Hornpipe" in Boston music publisher Elias Howe's Musician's Omnibus No. 6 (1880-1882), but another Howe publication from the same time, Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), printed the tune as "Oriental Hornpipe." Francis O'Neill picked up the tune from the latter publication, suspecting it may have had an Irish provenance, and decided to re-title it with a more Irish sounding name, "Boys from the East (The)."
