INDEPENDENT HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see "Damhsa," "Vendome Hornpipe." AKA - "The Independent." Irish, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears as "<incipit title="load:Vendome" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Vendome Hornpipe">Vendome Hornpipe</incipit>" in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (published 1883).
Printed sources : - Darley & McCall (Feis Ceóil Collection of Irish Airs), 1914; No. 2, pp. 1-2. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 84, p. 21.
Recorded sources: -BMG 09026 60916-2, Chieftains - "An Irish Evening" (1992). Folktrax FTX 371, Jimmy Hogan & Jimmy Dorrian - "The Bee's Wing" (originally recorded 1956). RCA 5798-2-RC "James Galway and the Chieftains in Ireland" (1986). Topic TSCD471, Leo Rowsome - "Classics of Irish Piping" (originally recorded in 1948).
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