Annotation:Pacific Hornpipe
X:1 T:Pacific Hornpipe C:George H. Coes M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:Coes Album of Jigs and Reels, something new, for professional and amateur violinists, B:leaders of orchestras, quadrille bands, and clog, reel and jig dancers; consisting of a B:Grand Collection of entirely New and Original Clog-Hornpipes, Reels, jigs, B:Scotch Reels, Irish Reels and Jigs, Waltzes, Walk-Arounds, etc. (1876, p. 33) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb d/e/|Sf/A/B/c/ d/D/F/G/|A/B/c/d/ e/=e/f/g/|f/a/c'/b/ a/g/f/e/|d/e/=e/f/ g/f/a/g/| f/e/c/A/ F/G/E/F/|D/F/e/c/ A/c/a/g/|f/e/c/A/ a/g/e/c/|Bd B:| K:F c/B/|(3A/c/f/ a/f/ g/=e/b/g/|e/c/a/g/ f{g}(3f/e/f/|(3d/f/f/ (3c/f/f/ (3B/f/f/ (3A/f/f/|(3g/f/=e/ (3f/e/d/ cc/c/| (3A/c/f/ (3a/g/f/ (3B/d/f/ b/a/|g/f/e/d/ c/d/B/c/|A/c/b/g/ e/c/d/e/|{g}f/=e/f/g/ f/_e/d/_e/!D.C.!|| K:Bb B/c/|d/F/ (3F/F/F/ D/F/ (3F/F/F/|d/F/ (3F/F/F/ D/F/ (3F/F/F/|e/d/c/B/ A/g/f/e/|d/f/b/g/ f/d/e/=e/| f/A/B/c/ d/D/F/E/|D/F/ e/c/ A/c/a/g/|f/e/c/A/ a/g/_e/d/|B/d/c/A/ B!D.C.!:|]
PACIFIC HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe (2/4 time). B Flat Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & F Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. "Pacific Hornpipe" was composed by blackface minstrel biography:George H. Coes, perhaps inspired by his days in San Francisco and other points west as a member of several minstrel organizations.
