Annotation:Paddy Miles' Hornpipe
X:1 T:Paddy Miles' Hornpipe M:4/4 L:1/8 B:O'Flannagan - The Hibernia Collection (Boston, 1860, p. 32) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F cB|(A2F2) FAGF|EG B2 (Bd)cB|Acde fcdB|B2F2F2:| (3cde|fcAc fagf|gece gbag|afge fdgf|(e2c2c2) fe| (3dcB (3ABc B2 ba|gfed edcB|(3Bcd (3EFG FecB|A2 F2F2:|]
PADDY MILES' HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Admiral Nelson," "Miss Baker's Hornpipe (1)," "Mrs. Baker's Hornpipe." English, American; Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'Paddy Miles' was a character in mid-19th century stage plays performed in Boston, such as James Pilgrim's one-act farce The Limerick Boy; or, Paddy’s Mischief (1836, revived 1855) and Paddy Miles's Boy In 1867-68 Jerry Cohan, father of the famous vaudevillian George M. Cohen, performed in minstrel shows as an end man and comedian with the Morris Brothers Minstrels, of Boston. He introduced Irish dialect in his jokes and songs, and portrayed “The Dancing Professor,” “The Irish Dancing Master” and “Paddy Miles’ Boy.” The character was also featured in songs and ballads, such as Daniel McCarthy Ferguson's "The Hat Me Father Wore" (1876, beginning "I am Paddy Miles, an Irish boy, from far across the sea,"), "Paddy Miles the Fisherman," and "Paddy Miles and the Mermaid."
However, despite the 'Irishness' of the title, the provenance of the tune is English, where it was printed as "Miss Baker's Hornpipe (1)," or perhaps Scottish (as it has been attributed to Niel Gow as "Admiral Nelson."
