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 Theme code Index    1H1H31H 2H754H
 Also known as    Ricket's Hornpipe, New College Hornpipe (1) (The), One Eyed Fiddler, Quadrille de Berthier 3ème partie, Raker's Hornpipe, Sailor's Hornpipe (2), Texarkana Hornpipe, Tomorrow Morning, Yarmouth Hornpipe, Manchester Hornpipe (1), Merthyr Hornpipe
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Ireland, Canada, United States
 Genre/Style    Contra, Down-East/Maritime, English, Irish, Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Alexander McGlashan
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of Scots Measures
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1781
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   (1)   


Rickett's Hornpipe: Annotations



X:1 T:Danced by Aldridge M:2/4 L:1/8 B:McGlashan - A Collection of Scots Measures (c. 1781, p. 35) N:Earliest appearance in print of Rickett's Hornpipe N:The 3rd measure in McGlashan's collection is garbled, and the N:fourth measure is missing altogether. The abc's below have been N:corrected. The 3rd measure in the collection goes: d/|e/d/c/B/ A/G/e/d/| Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb F/G/A/|B/A/B/F/ D/F/B/d/|c/B/A/G/ F/A/c/e/|d/e/f/d/ g/f/e/d/| c/B/A/G/ F/F/G/A/| B/A/B/F/ D/F/B/d/|c/B/A/G/ F/A/c/e/|d/f/d/B/ c/e/c/A/|BBBz:| |:f/d/d/B/ B/d/d/f/|g/e/e/c/ A/c/c/e/|f/d/d/B/ g/e/c/B/|A/B/G/A/ F/e/d/c/| B/A/B/F/ D/F/B/d/|c/B/A/G/ F/A/c/e/|d/f/d/B/ c/e/c/A/|BBBz:|]


X:1 T:Ricket's Hornpipe M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:M.E. Eames music manuscript book, frontispiece dated Aug. 22nd, 1859 (p. 39) S: http://archive.org/details/MEEamesBook N:Eames was perhaps from Philadelphia N:The tune is identical to "Ricketts' Hornpipe" as issued in the early 19th N:century on a single sheet by New York music publisher Edward Riley. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D dcdA FAdf|edcB Aceg|gfed cBge|dcec Agfe| dcdA FAdf|edcB Aceg|fafd egec|d2d2d2 z2:| |:affd dffa|bgge eggb|afed bged|dcec Agfe| dcdA FAdf|edcB Aceg|fafd egec|d2d2d2z2:|]


X:1 T:Rickett's Hornpipe M:C L:1/8 S:Anonymous 1862 American music manuscript collection (p. 3) N: https://archive.org/stream/MerryMen/MUMSS-00079#page/n0/mode/2up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (3ABc|dcdA FAdf|edcB A2g2|fgaf gfed|edcB Agfe| dcdA FAdf|edcB A2g2|fgaf bgec|d2d2d2z:| |:f/g/|afaf d2 ga|bgbg e2 fg|afba gfed|edcB Agfe| dcdA FAdf|edcB A2g2|fgaf bgec|d2d2d2z:|]


X:1 T:Untitled Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:”By Michael B. Shanahan.” N:A version of “Rickett’s Hornpipe” AKA “Yarmouth Hornpipe”, N:“Manchester Hornpipe [1].” S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 15) N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing. N:Reidy told O’Neill that his source, Shanahan was a “celebrated N:violinist”, the son of a piper born in Kilrush, Co. Clare, with a N:great reputation in Kerry and Limerick in the 1860’s. It is unclear N:where Shanahan was in relation to his acquaintance with Reidy N:(i.e. in London or Ireland). F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A2|dcdA FAdf|edcB A3g|fgaf bagf|edcB A2 (fe)| dcdA FAdf|edcBA A3g|(3faf df (3ege ce|d2c2d2|| (fg)|afaf d2 (ga)|baba e2 (fg)|afaf bagf|edcB A2 (Bc)| dcBA FAdf|edcB A2g2|(3fgf (df) (3ege (ce)|d2c2d2||


X:111 T:Rickett's Hornpipe B:American Veteran Fifer #111 (1905) C:Donated by Dr. Wm. M. Haffner, Co.A.154th O.V.I. M:C| L:1/8 Q:1/8=320 K:D t=8 |: ((3ABc) | dcdA FAdf | edcB A2 g2 | fgaf gfed | edcB Agfe | dcdA FAdf | edcB A2 g2 | fafd egec | d2d2d2 :| |:fg | afaf d2 ga | bgbg e2 fg | afba gfed | edcB Agfe | dcdA FAdf | edcB A2 g2 | fafd egec | d2d2d2 :|


X:1 T:Rickett’s hornpipe M:2/2 L:1/8 B:J.A. Boucher – “Le Repertoire du Violoneux” (1933, No. 63, p. 35) B:“Le Repertoire du Violoneux” (Nouvelle édition 2018 par Jean Duval) [1] K:D (3ABc|dcdA FAdf|edcB A2g2|fgaf gfec|edcB Agfe| dcdA FAdf|edcB A2g2|fafd egec|d2d2d2:| |:fg|agaf dfga|bgbg e2 fg|afba gfec|edcB A2 Bc| dcdA FAdf|edcB A2g2|fafd egec|d2d2d2:| |:(3ABc|dcdA FAdf|ecAc eceg|ffdf geBc|defd A2 Bc| dcdA FAdf|ecAc eceg|ffdf geBc|d2f2d2:| |:ga|bgdg bbgb|afdf abaf|[M:1/2]geBc|[M:2/2]defd A2 ga| Bgdg bbgb|afdf abaf||[M:1/2]geBc|[M:2/2]d2f2d2:|]


X:1 T:Rickett's Hornpipe N:From the playing of John Morgan Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, eastern Ky.) N:recorded at home 1941/42 by his sons on a disc player M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:Berea Sound Archives https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4254 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D fg|afaf d2 g2|bgbg e2fg|afaf defd|edcBA2fg| afaf d2 g2|bgbg e3g|fdfd ecec|d2d2d2:|| |:e2|dAFA Adfd|edcB A2[A2e2]| efgf efgf|edcB A2 Bc | dAFA Adfd|edcB A2g2|fdfd ecec|d2d2d2:||


X:1 T:Rickett's Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Warren Smith (Ga.) B:Frank Maloy - Devil's Box (p. 52) K:D f/g/|"D"a/f/a/f/ d/f/g/a/|"G"b/g/b/g/ e/e/f/g/|"D"a/f/b/a/ g/f/e/d/|"A7"e/d/c/B/ A/g/f/e/| "D"d/c/d/A/ F/A/d/f/|"A7"e/d/c/B/ A/f/g/e/|"D"f/a/f/d/ "A7"e/g/f/e/|"D"d/B/A/F/ D:| |:A/c/|"D"d/c/d/A/ F/A/d/f/|"A7"e/d/c/B/ A/f/g/e/|"D"f/a/f/d/ g/f/e/d/|"A7"e/d/c/B/ A/g/f/e/| "D"d/c/d/A/ F/A/d/f/|"A7"e/g/f/e/ A/f/g/f/|"D"f/a/f/d/ "A"e/g/f/e/|"D"d/B/A/F/ D:|


X:1 T:Rickett's Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 K:D (3ABc|dcdA FAdf|edcB A2g2|fgaf gfed|edcB Agfe| dcdA FAdf|edcB A2g2|fafd egec|d2f2d2:| |:fg|afaf d2ga|bgbg e2fg|afba gfed|edcB Agfe| dcdA FAdf|edcB A2g2|fafd egec|d2f2d2:|