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MORPETH'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Ivy Leaf Hornpipe," "Jim Clark's Hornpipe," "(Jim) Clark's Hornpipe (1)." English (originally), American; Hornpipe. B Flat major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The "Morpeth Hornpipe" is the widespread "Morpeth Rant (1)" in set hornpipe rhythm, although the "Morpeth Rant (1)" tune/title was also played as a hornpipe as well as a reel (see The Athole Collection). The first strain is shared with "Harry Cooper" and "Land League (1)."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 108. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 145.
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