Annotation:Vermont Hornpipe
X:1 T:Vermont Hornpipe C:Zeke Backus M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe or Reel 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. 29) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F/E/|D/F/A/F/ D/F/A,/F/|E/G/A/G/ E/G/A,/G/|F/A/d/F/ G/B/e/c/|A/d/f/d/ c/A/G/E/| D/F/A/F/ D/F/A,/F/|E/G/A/G/ E/G/A,/G/|F/A/d/A/ B/g/e/c/|dd d:| |:c/d/|e/c/A/c/ E/A/c/e/|f/d/A/d/ F/A/d/f/|gf/g/ e/f/d/f/|(3e/d/c/ (3d/c/B/ A/B/c/d/| e/c/A/c/ E/A/c/e/|f/d/A/d/ F/A/d/f/|g/b/a/g/ f/e/d/c/|dd d:|]
VERMONT HORNPIPE.AKA and see "Queen of the West," "Sumner's Hornpipe." American, Hornpipe (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is credited to Zeke Backus in George Coes' 1876 volume.
