X:1
T:Sir Charles Cotton's Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
B:WM Cahusac – Annual Collection of Twenty Four Favorite Country Dances for 1809, No. 17 (London)
N:”With proper Directions to each Dance as they are performed at
N:Court, Bath, and all Public Assemblies.”
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
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A2d2d3f|ec a2 aedc|dfBd ce^GB|A2A2A2:|
|:A>G|F2D2D2 d>c|B2G2G2 B>A|^G2 E2 E2 e>d|c2A2A2 zc|
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SIR CHARLES COTTON’S HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Sir Charles Cotton [1] (1753-1812) was a career naval officer who served in the Royal Navy from the American Revolution through the Napoleonic era. After a long career as a post captain he was promoted to admiral and was involved in keeping the French fleet contained in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Perhaps his finest hour was in 1808, when he skilfully extricated Sir John Moore’s army from Galacia, after it was closely pursued by the French. He was recalled to England later in the year, and Cahusac’s tune no doubt honors his celebrity. Sir Charles Cotton by Henry Hoppner Meyer
Additional notes
Source for notated version: -
Printed sources : - Cahusac (Annual Collection of Twenty Four Favorite Country Dances for 1809), 1809; No. 17.
