Annotation:Henry Stables' 'Grand Hornpipe'

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 HENRY STABLES' 'GRAND HORNPIPE'. AKA and see "Devonshire Lads (The)," "Grand Hornpipe (The)," "Mympwy Portheinon," "Portheinon Whim." English, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A popular English session tune, revived from the manuscript collection of Cumbrian musician Henry Stables. The tune is also known in Wales as "Mympwy Portheinon" (Portheinon Whim).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources: The Boat Band - "Trip to the Lakes" The Lakeland Fiddlers - "One Big Fiddle" (2009).

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