X:1
T:Rockaway Hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:M.E. Eames music manuscript book, frontispiece dated Aug. 22nd, 1859 (p. 40)
S:http://archive.org/details/MEEamesBook
N:Eames was perhaps from Philadelphia
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
de|f2f2 fedc|d2d2 dAFD|EDEF GFGA|BABc dcBA|
f2f2 fedc|d2d2 dAFD|defg afaf|bgec d2:|
|:AF|DFAF DFAF|BAGF E2 EF|GEGE GEGE|AGFE D2 AF|
DFAF DFAF|BABc d2 AG|F2D2E2 DE|F2D2D2:|]
ROCKAWAY HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was entered into the c. 1859 music manuscript collection of musician M.E. Eames, who was perhaps from Philadelphia.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Elias Howe (Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7), Boston, 1880-1882. p. 625.
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