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LIDDELL'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Billy Twist Hornpipe." English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune may or may not be Northumbrian, however a variant of the tune was collected in Yorkshire under the title "Billy Twist Hornpipe," indicating the tune may have had North-East connections.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1956; p. 43. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 295, p. 175. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 185.

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