Black Horse (1)

X: 1 T: Black Horse [1] S: "Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music" [II/17/230] L: 1/8 M: 4/4 R: hornpipe K: D (3ABc | d2 d2 defd | e2 e2 efge | f2 f2 fagf | edcB AGFE | FDFA defd | ecAc efge | fafd egec | d2 d2 d2 :| fg | afdd fagf | edcd efge | fdAd fagf | (3efd (3cdB (3ABG (3FGE | FDFA defd | ecAc efge | (3fga fd (3efg ec | d2 d2 d2 :|

 BLACK HORSE [1], THE. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first strain has similarities with "Constitution Hornpipe (1)", printed in Ryan's Mammoth Collection and Kerr's Merry Melodies, both of which predate Frank Roche's 1913 collection. The tune presents few of the more typical Irish style characteristics, and may have been imported. Ira Ford's "Exhibition March No. 1" also has an identical first strain, and a similar second strain. Printed source: Roche Collection, 1913; vol. 2, No. 237, p. 19. __NORICHEDITOR__