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Annotation:Prunoble's Hornpipe
X:1 T:Prunoble's Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the N:mid-20th cent. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D ABc|dAFA DFAd|fdAd AFdf|gfge fefd|edcB ABcA| dAFA DFAd|fdAd FAdf|gabg face|d2d2d2:| |:AG|FAdA FAdA|GBdB GBdB|Acec Acec|efaf gecA| FAdA FAdA|GBdB GBdB|Aceg face|d2d2d2:|
PRUNOBLE’S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Alexander's Hornpipe," "Tom Cat's Hornpipe." English, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, dated 1821. Unfortunately nothing is known of Burks, although he may have been from the north of England. The melody is an early version of the tune usually known as “Alexander's Hornpipe.”
