Bricklayer's Hornpipe (1)

 BRICKLAYER'S HORNPIPE [1]. American, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Cole and Howe both print directions to a dance of the same name. Source for notated version: the New Hampshire Fiddlers' Union [Phillips]. The N.H. Fiddler's Union (Skip Gorman, Rod Miller and Randy Miller) obtained the tune from the manuscript (Recollections of a Busy Life) of John Adams Taggart (1854-1943), a semi-professional musician in his younger years, originally from Sharon, New Hampshire. "Bricklayer's Hornpipe" appears in his manuscript as an untitled hornpipe. Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 91. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 93. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 80. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 337, pg. 37. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 182. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 126. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 105, p. 19.

X:1 T:Bricklayer's Hornpipe [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:White's Unique Collection (1896); No. 105 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F c | c/=B/c/A/ F/A/c/f/ | f/e/g/e/ c/d/c/B/ | c/B/d/B/ B/A/c/A/ | A/G/B/G/ F/E/D/C/ | c/=B/c/A/ F/A/c/f/ | f/e/g/e/ c/e/g/b/ | b/a/a/g/ g/f/e/g/ | fa[Af] :| c/=B/c/A/ F/A/c/f/ | f/e/g/e/ c/e/g/b/ | b/a/a/g/ g/f/e/g/ | fa[Af] :|
 * G | G/^F/G/E/ C/E/G/B/ | B/A/c/A/ F/A/c/f/ | d/f/c/f/ d/f/c/f/ | d/f/b/a/ g/f/e/d/ |

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