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 Theme code Index    331H4 23H75
 Also known as    Crannciuil Liam Duib, Devy Hornpipe
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Francis O'Neill
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 1678, p. 312
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1903
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X:1
T:Bill Black's Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 886
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:G
d>c|B>GB>d g>dc>B|A>cb>g f>ed>c|B>GB>d g>dB>G|(3ABG (3FGE D2 d>c|
B>GB>d g>dc>B|A>cb>g f>ed>c|(3BdB G>B (3AcA F>A|G2G2G2:|
|:B>c|d>cB>A G>Bd>g|e2c2c2 c>d|e>dc>B A>ca>g|f2 d>d d2 e>f|
(3ggg g>e (3fff f>d|e>fg>e d>cB>A|(3BdB G>B (3AcA F>A|G2G2G2:||






BILL BLACK'S HORNPIPE (Crannciuil Liam Duib). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Sources for notated versions: Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, originally from County Down. No relation to Capt. Francis O'Neill (his superior on the police force), he was his collaborator for his early volumes [O'Neill]. Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed source: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald) , 1997; No. 50, p. 20. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 192. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1678, p. 312. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 886, p. 152.

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