President's Hornpipe (1)
X:1 T:President’s Hornpipe [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:”Melodist: A Collection of music in two volumes" (1826-1859, No. 19, pp. 12-13) N:The melodist is a musician's ms., probably by a fiddler, that contains both N:tunes and songs from a variety of sources, American and European. The N:inscription on the inside cover reads, "This is from the Bridge family of N:Augusta, Maine (Horatio Bridge, friend of Hawthorne's)". However, entries in N:the ms. were in different hands indicating several contributors. N:The ms. is neat and the notation studied and precise. F: https://archive.org/details/Melodist/page/n13/mode/2up?view=theater Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin Bc|d2F2F2 D^F|G^FGA BABc|dcde fdcA|B2F2 F2 Bc| d2F2F2 Bc|d2 F2 F2 D^F|G^FGA BABc|dcde fdcA|B2G2G2:| |:Bd|g2 ga g2 bg|f2d2 c2Bc|dedc BABc|d2 F2F2 D^F| G^FGA BABc|dgga g2 bg|f2d2c2 Ac|B2G2G2:|]