Annotation:North Star Hornpipe
X:1 T:North Star M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb F2 | BfdB fBdB | eBgB fBdB | FBdB dBdB | AcBG F2 (GA) | BfdB fBdB | eBgB fBdB | Ggfe dcBA | B2d2B2 :| |: f2 | f2 (df) (cf)(df) | babf edcB | DFBD EGcB | A2F2F2(GA) | Bdfd cege | dfga babf | gfdB AFGA | B2d2B2 :| x
NORTH STAR HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune, probably found in a copy of Coles 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940), was recorded by mid-20th century Cape Breton stalwart fiddlers Winston Fitzgerald [1] (1914–1987) and John Campbell (1929-2010). Fitzgerald paired the tune with "Vinton's Hornpipe", another piece from Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) also in the key of B flat. However, despite this influence it does not appear to have been assumed into Cape Breton tradition.
John Forster Charlton (1916–89), a fiddler and Northumbrian smallpipe player who lived in Gateshead (originally from Alnwick), also composed a "North Star Hornpipe" but it is a different tune.
