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Annotation:James McKenney's Hornpipe
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X:4 T:James McKenney’s Hornpipe. WI.004 T:Bantry Bay,aka. WI.004 M:2/4 L:1/16 Q:1/4=90 S:Wm Irwin, 1838 MS, AGG’s Transcription R:.Hornipe O:England A:Lake District N:Predates any references to Bantry Bay title by some way. CGP.. Z:vmp.Chris Partington.2005 K:G dc|BGAG EGDE|GG2G G3B|AGAB cABG|E2A2 A2B2|! c2ec B2dB|ABAG E2dc|BABG EGDE|G2G2 G2:|! |:Bc|dBGB dBGA|B2d2 d2f2|gfge dege|e2g2 g2(3def|! gfgf edcB|gfgf edcB|cABG EGDE|G2G2 G2:|
JAMES McKENNEY'S HORNPIPE. English, Irish (originally); Hornpipe (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is the well-known "Bantry Bay Hornpipe (1)."