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Annotation:Hastton's Hornpipe
X:1 T:Hasttons Hornpipe M:C L:1/8 B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the N:mid-20th cent. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D dAFA dfed|ecAc egfe|fdfd fagf|edcB ABcA| dAFA dfed|ecAc egfe|fafd egec|d2 d>d d2:| |:agfe dfga|bagf efge|afaf dfed|edcB ABcA| dAFA dfed|ecAc egfe|fafd egec|d2 d>d d2:|
HASTTON'S HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears under this title in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, dated 1821. Unfortunately, nothing is known of Burks, although the manuscript has an English provenance. The melody is an early version of "Morning Fair," "Texarkana Hornpipe," printed in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) and of "Tomorrow Morning," printed in O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903). See also "Manchester Hornpipe (1)," "Pigeon on the Gate (7)," "Rickett's Hornpipe" and "Yarmouth Hornpipe (1)." (see note for "Morning Fair" for discussion).
