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WILSON'S HORNPIPE [2]. American, Hornpipe or Reel (2/4 or cut time). USA, West Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Devil's Box): AA'AA'BB' (Phillips). "Wilson's Hornpipe" is similar in the opening bars to J.P. Fraley's "Miller's Reel (2)," but it is not a cognate tune.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Clark Kessinger (1896-1975, Kanawha County, W.Va.) [Phillips].
Printed sources : - Stephen F. Davis (The Devil's Box), vol. 13, No. 4, Dec. 1979; p. 42. Phillips (Traditional Music in America, vol. 2), 1995; p. 234.
Recorded sources : - County 747, Clark Kessinger - "Sweet Bunch of Daisies" (1966). Ivy Creek ICR 201, Tommy Hunter - "Say Old Man can You Play the Fiddle" (1992). June Appal JA 007, Tommy Hunter - "Deep in Tradition" (1976, earned from Clark Kessinger, St. Albans, W.Va.).
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