Annotation:Gilsland Hornpipe (2)
X:5 T:Gilsland Hornpipe [2] M:C| L:1/8 S:Wm Irwin, 1838 MS, AGG's Transcription A:Lake District Z:vmp.Chris Partington.2005 K:D de|fefa gfef|d2B2 B2dB|AFAB ABde|f2e2e2de|! fefa gfef|d2B2 B2dB|AFAB ABde|f2d2 d2:|! |:de|f2f>f f2ef|g2g>g g2fg|a2a2 bagf|f2e2e2de|! f2f>f f2ef|g2g>g g2fg|a2a2 bagf|f2d2 d2:|
GILSLAND HORNPIPE [2]. English; Hornpipe. England; Northumberland, Lake District. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFF. Gilsland, notes Graham Dixon (1995), is a town in Northumberland located near the border with Cumberland, on the banks of the River Irthing, famous for its spa. Reg Hall (1998) says the tune has been credited to Northumbrian musician Jock Davidson, reputed to have been a superb fiddler, a contemporary of Northumbrian musician Ned Pearson (b. 1875). Davidson's nickname was 'Kielder Jock', which Hall says points to his origins in the ancient civil parish of Kielder, Northumberland, directly on the border with Scotland. However, according to Dixon (1995), George Hepple, whose grandfather was taught to dance by Northumbrian fiddler and composer, teacher and dancing master Robert Whinham (1814-1893), claimed it was one of Whinham's compositions. The melody appears in the music manuscript collection of Lake District musician William Irwin (1822-1889), dated 1838, a contemporary of Whinham's. Although the tune appears in several collections, a solid attribution remains elusive, but the fact that it appears in Irwin's 1838 manuscript indicates that Jock Davidson was not involved in the composition of the hornpipe. The tune also appears in the music manuscript collection of John Robson (Spithead, Northumberland), dated 1874.
