Annotation:Tankard of Ale (A)
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TANKARD OF ALE, A. English, "Old" or Triple Hornpipe (3/2 or 6/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC (Offord): AABBCCDDEE (Knowles). "A Tankard of Ale" is contained in the 1798 music manuscript collection of Yorkshire corn miller and musician Joshua Jackson. It is a reworking of "Ravenscroft's Hornpipe," published by John Young in 1726.
