Columbia Hornpipe

 COLUMBIA HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There has been a suggestion the tunes with names such as this may have been named after 19th century engineering feats or events--there was, for example a famous Columbian Exposition. However, the name Columbia was in use to refer poetically to the Americas since the mid-18th century, and Columbia is the female personification of the United States (hence 'District of Columbia' is the official name of Washington, D.C.). Printed source: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 107. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 144.

X:1 T:Columbia Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A/>B/A/>^G/ A/>B/A/>G/ | A/>d/.f d/>f/.a | =g/>a/g/>f/ e/>f/e/>d/ | c/>d/c/>B/ A/>G/F/>G/ | A/>B/A/>&G/ A/>G/A/>G/ | A/>d/.f d/>f/.a | g/>f/e/>d/ c/>A/B/>c/ | dfd z :| e/>d/c/>B/ A/>B/c/>A/ | d/>e/f/>g/ a/>b/c'/>d'/ | e'/>d'/c'/>b/ a/>g/f/>e/ | dfd z :||
 * e/>d/c/>B/ A/>B/c/>A/ | d/>e/f/>g/ a/>b/c'/>d'/ | e'/>d'/c'/>b/ a/>g/f/>e/ | f/>g/a/>b/ a/>c/d/>^d/ |