Annotation:Wright's Whim
X:35 T:Wrights whim T:Butcher's Hornpipe,aka M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:1/2=105 S:D.Wright, Extraordinary Collection, London 1713 Z:Pete Stewart, 2004 <www.hornpipemusic.co.uk> K:A ED|CDEC A,CEC|A,2A4BA|GABG EGBG|E2e4fe| defd cdec|defg agfe|aefd ecBG|E2A4|| cd|ecAc ecAc|fdBd fdBd|gece afga|g2e4dc| defd cdec |gefg agfe|gefd ecBA|E2A4|]
WRIGHT'S WHIM. AKA and see "Black Mary Hornpipe (1)," "Butcher's Hornpipe (2)," "Piping Pie Man (The)." English, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title presumably refers to London music publisher Daniel Wright, in whose c. 1715 collection this tune appears. A precursor melody to "Butcher's Hornpipe (2)."
