Blanchard's Hornpipe (1)

 BLANCHARD'S HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "McCarty's Hornpipe"/"McCarthy's Hornpipe," "Roxborough Castle." American, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Similarities with "Devil's Hornpipe" and "Speed the Plow (1)." The second strain, Paul de Grae points out, can be considered a "floater", in the sense of folk song floating verses. Variants of it can be heard in "Walsh's Hornpipe" and "McCarty's Hornpipe." Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 87. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 120.

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 * (3e/f/g/ | a/e/c/e/ f/e/c/e/ | a/e/c/e/ f/e/c/e/ | a/g/a/f/ f/e/d/c/ | B/A/B/c/ B/d/c/B/ |

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