Annotation:Morgan's Hornpipe

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X:1 T:Morgan's Hornpipe N:Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find the tune to be a version of "The Banks"/"Banks Hornpipe [1]" M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 3, c. 1883, No. 1, p. 1) B:http://grier.itma.ie/book-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-52.9806%2C366.0042%2C2465.5232%2C999.1123 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb E2G2 GG BG/E/|D2F2 FF AF/D/|CDEG AGAB|cAFE DCB,A,| G,2 B2 BB cG/G,/|A,2 cB cdeE|DEFG AFED|1 EG/B/ AF/D/ EAGF:|2 EG/B/ AF/D/ F2 E2|| g2 eg eg bg/e/|f2 df df af/d/|e2 ce cgbg|fedc B2E2| D2 f2 ff gG/D/|E2 gf gabB|ABcd ecBA|Bd/f/ ec/A/ BAGF| E2G2 GG BG/E/|D2F2 FF AF/D/|CDEG AGAB|cAFE DCB,A,| G,2B2 BB cC/G,/|A,2 cB cdeE|DEFG AFED|EG/B/ AF/D/ F2 E2|| EGBG eGFE|DFBF dFED|CDEG AGAB|cAFE DCB,A,| G,B,EG A,CFA|B,DFB DFBd|ed/c/ BA/G/ cB/A/ GF/D/|EG/B/ AF/D/ F2E2|| gedB Egfe|fdAF Dfed|ecGE Cedc|dBFD B,2 FE| DFBd EGce|FAcf Acfa|ba/g/ fe/d/ gf/e/ dc/A/|Bd/f/ ec/A/ BAGF| EGBG eGFE|DFBF dFED|CDEG AGAB|cAFE DCB,A,| G,B,EG A,CFA|B,DFB DFBd|ed/c/ BA/G/ cB/A/ GF/D/|EG/B/ AF/D/ F2 E2|]



MORGAN'S HORNPIPE (Cornphiopa Ui Mhuireagain). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCCD. "Morgan's Hornpipe" is a four-part variant of "Banks Hornpipe (1)" and "Souvenir de Venice." It was entered into Book 3 of the large 1883 music manuscript collection of Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894), a piper and fiddler from Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim.


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Recorded sources : - Drumlin Records LHTCD 1, The McNamara Family - "Leitrim's Hidden Treasure" (1998).




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