Beilby's Hornpipe

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BEILBY'S HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. The tune is a member of a large tune family (see note for &quot;Curlew Hills (Polka)&quot;) that, in Northumberland, goes by the name &quot;Beilby's Hornpipe,&quot; or sometimes &quot;Bielbie's Hornpipe.&quot; The name is used in the early 18th century slang term &quot;Beilby's Ball,&quot; referring to a hanging: &quot;He will dance at Beilby's ball, where the sheriff plays the music&quot; (A Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811). It is possible that to dance 'Beilby's hornpipe' meant the same thing. At any rate, no one knows who Beilby/Bielbie was.

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