Annotation:Briggham Hornpipe
X: 1 T:Briggham Hornpipe M:C L:1/8 C:"by W. Irwin" S:Wm Irwin, Folio MS, c. 1850, no. 52. AGG's Transcription R:Hornpipe O:England A:Lake District Z:vmp.Chris Partington.2005 K:F c/d/e|fefc abag|fefd cfcA|BABG dBGF|((3EFG) ((3FED) C2c/d/e|! fefc abag|fefd cfcA|BGdB AGFE|G2F2 F2:|! |:EF|G^FGA BAdc|Ac^fc afcA|Bbca BgAf|((3efg) ((3fed) ((3cdc) ((3BAG)|! FAcA fcaf|Bdge bgec|fcdB AGFE|G2F2 F2:|]
BRIGGHAM HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A hornpipe from the c. 1850 music manuscript collection of Lake District fiddler William Irwin (1822-1889), in which the author attributes it to himself. See Greg Stephen's well-researched article "A Really First-Rate Country Fiddler" for more on Irwin [1]. Brigham, Cumbria, is a village near the town of Cockermouth, notable for its Norman church, St. Bridgets, and the fact that it was the birthplace of Fletcher Christian of Mutiny on the Bounty fame.
