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Bibliography
K2v1-4 K2v5 K2v6 K2v7 K2v8 K2v9 K2v10 DMI Emmerson		Kerr's First/Second/Third/Fourth Collections of Merry Melodies Kerr's Caledonian Collection Kerr's Collection of Merry Melodies for the Piano Kerr's Collection of Reels and Strathspeys Kerr's Violin Instructor and Irish Folk-Song Album Kerr's Thistle Collection Kerr's Modern Dance Album O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland (Chicago 1905) George S Emmerson, Scotland Through her Country Dances

The hornpipe was a reeded instrument, now obsolete; I guess the tune form was related to the instrument. In the 18th century hornpipes became associated with maritime life (many hornpipes are named after ports), and in the 19th century it developed from regular to irregular rhythm.


Title	Key	Book	Notes
1st of May	A	K2v4p29
22nd of March	G	K2v3p37
Acrobat's Hornpipe	A	K2v3p38	There is another tune by the same name in Ryan's Mammoth Collection.
Albert's Hornpipe	C	K2v3p39
Albion Hornpipe	G	K2v3p37	By Carl Volti (biog).
Aldridge's Hornpipe	A	K2v2p38
American Boot Dance	F	K2v3p39
American Hornpipe	A	K2v2p38	?American
Apples In Winter	G	K2v4p31
Aspinwall Hornpipe	G	K2v2p41
Attwood	G	K2v1p43	This is Charles Attwood by James Hill.
Attwood Hornpipe, The	G	K2v5p23	See above.
Balkan Hornpipe	D	K2v2p39
Bamford Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p43
Beautiful Swanee River	G	K2v2p40	?American
Beaux of Oak Hill	D	K2v2p36
Beaux of Oak Hill Hornpipe	D	K2v5p25
Belle of Claremont	D	K2v2p39
Belles of Rockland	D	K2v6p26
Bells of Rockland	D	K2v2p39
Blue Bell	G	K2v3p37
Blue Violit	A	K2v2p40	Clog, ?American
Bonaparte's Hornpipe	A	K2v4p29
Bottom of the Punch Bowl	D	K2v1p26 K2v5p30
Break Down	A	K2v4p29
Bricklayer's Hornpipe	F	K2v2p37
Bristol Hornpipe, The	A	K2v1p44 K2v5p25
Bryne's Favorite Hornpipe	D	K2v2p41	[Byrne's]
Burgess Hornpipe	D	K2v2p36
Butcher's Boy, The	D	K2v2p47 K2v6p23	Clog, ?American
Byrne's Favorite Hornpipe	D	K2v2p41	Not the same tune as below.
Byrne's Hornpipe	D	K2v3p36
Cabin Down the Lane	G	K2v4p31
Caledonian Laddie	D	K2v2p32
Camp Hornpipe	D	K2v2p36
Carlton Hornpipe	A	K2v3p38
Celebrated Stop Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p42
Centennial Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p42
Champion Clog Dance, The	C	K2v6p29	Clog, American
Channel Fleet Hornpipe, The	C	K2v6p30	N Godfrey
City of Savannah	D	K2v2p39	By Frank Livingston, America.
Cliff Hornpipe, The	D	K2v1p44 K2v5p24	Aka The Ruby Hornpipe, and possibly by James Hill.
Clog Dance I	Am	K2v6p19	Clog, American
Clog Dance II	D	K2v6p21	Clog, American
Clog Dance III	A	K2v1p45 K2v7p35	Clog, American. This is reminiscent ofthe hornpipe better known as Off to California
Clog Dance IV	A	K2v4p29	Clog
Clog Hornpipe	G	K2v4p31
Clutha Hornpipe	G	K2v2p36 K2v6p24	By By Carl Volti (biog).
College Hornpipe, The	Bb	K2v1p45	Aka The Sailor's Hornpipe (one of many). In DMI it's called Jack's the Lad.
College Hornpipe, The	C	K2v6p52
Colosseum, The	A	K2v1p42 K2v5p22	Called The Pet of the House in DMI. Aka The Coliseum.
Concert Hornpipe, The	F	K2v2p42	Aka Coutt's Concert Hornpipe (see K2v6p29).
Constitution Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p37
Cooper's Hornpipe	D	K2v2p38
Coquette Hornpipe	G	K2v2p39
Cork Hornpipe	G	K2v4p31
Corn Field	G	K2v4p31
Coquette, The	F	K2v2p44
Coutt's Concert Hornpipe	F	K2v6p29	Aka The Concert Hornpipe.
Craigpark	D	K2v4p30
Cuckoo's Nest, The	D	K2v4p30	NG: Aka Jackie Tar. Kate Dunlay: Aka Jack o' Tar. This is a variant of the tune Come Ashore Jolly Tar found in James Aird's Airs... (1782). Certainly it is one of the earliest duple-time hornpipes.
Democratic Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p42	Aka Galway Bay Hornpipe.
Devil's Dream	A	K2v4p29	Not the same tune as the reel of the same name (see K4p6).
Devy Hornpipe	G	K2v4p31	Recordings: Highland Whisky by Bill Black and his SC Band (as Davy Hornpipe).
Dew Drop	G	K2v6p30
Double Clog Dance	G	K2v2p46	Clog, American
Drunken Tailor, The	Em	K2v2p36	Very similar to the Irish reel The Drunken Landlady.
Dublin Hornpipe	D	K2v4p30
Dundee Hornpipe	D	K2v3p36	Aka The Union Hornpipe (K2v2p39) and Kildare Fancy (DMI).
Easter Saturday	A	K2v3p38
Durang's Hornpipe	D	K2v2p38
Durham Regatta	Bb	K2v3p40
Eclipse Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p37	Recordings: Boys of the Lough, In the Tradition (1981)
Elk's Festival, The	D	K2v2p40
English Clog Hornpipe	A	K2v4p29	Clog, English
Face Me Up	F	K2v4p32
Falls of Clyde	A	K2v4p29
Fire Fly Hornpipe, The	Bb	K2v3p40
First of May	A	K2v4p29
Fisher's Hornpipe	D	K2v1p42 K2v5p22
Fisher's Hornpipe (Duet)	G	K2v6p53
Flee As a Bird	G	K2v2p40	Clog. Recordings: Richard Thompson, Guitar, Vocal
Forecastle Hornpipe	D	K2v3p36	Also included in K2v2p39 as Hornpipe.
Gilsland's Hornpipe	D	K2v3p35
Gray's Hornpipe	D	K2v2p36
Griffin Hornpipe	D	K2v3p35
Hang Fire	A	K2v2p40	Clog
Hanover Square	D	K2v4p30
Harbour Lights	G	K2v4p31
Harlequin	Am	K2v4p32
Harry Bloodgood's Famous Jig	Bb	K2v2p43	Clog
Harvest Home	D	K2v1p42 K2v6p27	Recordings: Pibroch MacKenzie, The Mull Fiddler (1969); Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Prom (1980)
Headlight, The	Bb	K2v2p43	Clog
High Level Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p44 K2v5p28	By James Hill. Aka The High Level Bridge.
Hole in the Wall	C	K2v2p47	Clog, American
Horn Hornpipe, The	Bb	K2v3p40
Hornpipe I	D	K2v2p38 K2v6p21	The first part is very like Fisher's Hornpipe (see K2v1p42).
Hornpipe II	G	K2v6p24	[Clutha] By Carl Volti (biog).
Hornpipe III	Gm	K2v6p25
Hornpipe IV	G	K2v1p30 K2v6p27	This is The Rocket Hornpipe.
Hornpipe V	Bb C	K2v2p37 K2v6p28
Hornpipe VI	G	K2v2p40 K2v6p28	Found in K2v2p40 as Qumdaro
Hornpipe VII	D	K2v1p26 K2v7p28
Hornpipe VIII	G	K2v1p44 K2v5p24
Hornpipe IX	G	K2v5p28
Hornpipe X	D	K2v1p26	This is best known as The Morpeth Rant.
Hornpipe XI	G	K2v1p42
Hornpipe XII	G	K2v1p43	This is The Thames Hornpipe (see K2v3p40).
Hornpipe XIII	A	K2v2p38
Hornpipe XIV	D	K2v2p39	This is Forecastle (see K2v3p36).
Hornpipe XV	Bb	K2v2p44
Hornpipe XVI	Bb	K2v2p44
Hornpipe XVII	Bb	K2v2p44
Hough Green	A	K2v3p38
Hugh Dunlop	D	K2v3p36	Hugh Dunlop composed some tunes included in the Kerr's collections; see Jessie Ralston's in K2v2p20.
Idlewild	D	K2v2p47	Clog, American
Irish Hornpipe	Am	K2v5p28	J McC (McConnel)
Jack's Delight	D	K2v1p45
Jacky Tar I	Em	K2v1p45 K2v6p30	Aka The Cuckoo's Nest. Recordings: Fiddler's Rally - Mod (1975); Golden Fiddle Awards (1981)
Jacky Tar II	C	K2v7p28	This is better known as The College Hornpipe.
Jaunting Car Hornpipe, The	D	K2v2p41
Johnny Get Your Gun	A	K2v4p29
Johnnie Knocked Over His Uncle	G	K2v1p45	D Williams
Jolly Butchers, The	D	K2v3p35	Aka The Tailor's Twist. Recordings: Boys of the Lough, In the Tradition (1981) (as The Tailor's Twist)
Jolly Tars	F	K2v4p32
Key West Hornpipe	G	K2v2p41
Kind Dearie	Bb	K2v4p32	Aka The Lea Rig and My Ain Kind Dearie.
Knocking Hornpipe	G	K2v2p45
Lamplighter's Hornpipe, The	A G	K2v2p38 K2v5p26
Landlubber, The	C	K2v3p39
Lark On the Strand, The	Am	K2v4p32
Life Boat, The	F	K2v4p32
Lime Street	G	K2v4p31
Liverpool Hornpipe	D	K2v1p42 K2v5p22	Recordings:Fife Strathspey and Reel Soc., The Fiddle Sounds of Fife (1980)
Locomotive Hornpipe, The	D	K2v1p43 K2v5p23	By James Hill.
London Bridge	D	K2v1p44
Londonderry	D	K2v3p36	Recordings: Glasgow Caledonians (1980)
Magic Flute	F	K2v2p37
Manchester Hornpipe, The	D	K2v1p43 K2v5p23	Aka The Sailor's Hornpipe No.2 and Rickett's Hornpipe (both DMI).
Marshall Hill's Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p43
Millicent's Favourite	D	K2v1p44 K2v5p24	Aka The Royal Belfast, The Sweep's Hornpipe (DMI). Actually titled Millicen's Favourite.
Minstrel's Fancy, The	D	K2v2p40
Miss Brown	D	K2v2p36
Miss Gayton's Hornpipe	G	K2v1p26 K2v5p28	Aka Dan Cameron's Favourite, and Sailor's Hornpipe No.1 in O'Neill's.
Montgomerie's Hornpipe	D	K2v2p38
Month of May	G	K2v3p37
Morton's Hornpipe	G	K2v2p36
Mountain Ranger	Bb	K2v2p44
Murphy's Hornpipe	D	K2v4p30	Cornphíopa Uí Mhurchadha in CRE1.
Natal Day, The	G	K2v3p37
Navvie, The	G	K2v1p42 K2v5p22	Aka The Navvie on the Line, and composed by James Hill. Recordings:Fife Strathspey and Reel Soc., The Fiddle Sounds of Fife (1980)
Ned Kendall's Hornpipe	F	K2v2p42
Negro Break Down III	G	K2v4p31	This is better known these days as The Banjo Breakdown
New York Hornpipe	A	K2v3p38
Newcastle Hornpipe, The	C	K2v5p26	Aka Prince Albert's Hornpipe, and composed by James Hill. Recordings: Angus Chisholm, Early Recordings (1978)
Newcastle, The	Bb	K2v1p46
News Boys	F	K2v2p44
Norfolk Hornpipe	G	K2v2p41
Oakland Garden	C	K2v2p47	Clog, American
Ohio	A	K2v4p29
Old Ironsides	G	K2v2p40
Old Man's Dance, The	Am	K2v2p46 K2v6p24
Oxford Street	D	K2v4p30
Paddock, The	G	K2v4p31
Pall Mall	D	K2v4p30	Recordings: Highland Whisky by Bill Black and his SD Band.
Phil Isaac's	A	K2v2p47	Clog
Poorhouse	D	K2v4p30	This is widely known in the U.S. as Arkansas Traveller
Portland Hornpipe, The	F	K2v2p37 K2v6p24	By Carl Volti (biog).
President Garfield's Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p42	By Harry Carleton. Recordings: Angus Chisholm, Early Recordings
Quarter Deck	D	K2v3p36
Qumdaro	G	K2v2p40
Racket Hornpipe	C	K2v3p39
Recruit, The	D	K2v1p42 K2v6p22
Rights of Man, The	Em	K2v4p31 K2v5p27	Some people think this might have been composed by James Hill. Recordings: Bill Black and his Band, Highland Whisky (1976).
Rival, The	G	K2v2p39
Robertson's Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p37
Roche Hornpipe	D	K2v3p35
Rocket Hornpipe, The	G	K2v6p27	[Hornpipe V]
Royal Belfast	D	K2v5p24	[Millicent's Fav]
Sailor's Hornpipe I	G	K2v7p28	Better known as Fisher's Hornpipe
Sailor's Hornpipe II	C	K2v6p52	Better known as The College Hornpipe
Sailor's Hornpipe III	A	K2v4p29
Salamanca	D	K2v1p45
Sand Dance	A	K2v4p29	American?
Saratoga Hornpipe	F	K2v2p42
Scotch Hornpipe	D	K2v2p38
Sentinel Hornpipe, The	D	K2v2p41
Seven Up	G	K2v2p39
Sharp's Hornpipe	D	K2v4p30
Sherwood Rangers, The	D	K2v1p43	Aka Duran Rangers. Recordings:Fife Strathspey and Reel Soc., The Fiddle Sounds of Fife (1980)
Silver Star Hornpipe	G	K2v2p41 K2v6p28
Slow Hornpipe	G	K2v1p43
Smith's Hornpipe	D	K2v2p36
Soho	D	K2v4p30
Star Hornpipe	C	K2v5p27
Staten Island	D	K2v1p21	Jack Campin: Maybe this relates to the one in New York harbour, but there is another Staten Island near Cape Horn that might have been well-known to sailors. Aka Burns' Hornpipe. Recordings: Fiddler's Rally - Mod (1975); Golden Fiddle Awards (1981)
Steam Boat, The	G	K2v1p26	By James Hill. Recorded by Mulhaire, Connolly and Coen as The Good Natured Man.
Strand, The	G	K2v4p31 K2v5p27
Swansea Hornpipe	G	K2v2p39
Tank, The	Bb	K2v4p32
Telegraph Post, The	C	K2v4p32
Thames Hornpipe, The	Bb G	K2v3p40 K2v5p23
Thorp Haywood's Hornpipe	C	K2v5p27
Three Times Three	F	K2v4p32
Tide Come In, The	Gm	K2v3p40	Aka Factory Smoke.
Tom Howards Hornpipe	A	K2v1p44
Trill Hornpipe	Bb	K2v3p40
Triplet Hornpipe	G	K2v2p38
Trumpet Hornpipe	G	K2v1p45	Also known these days as Captain Pugwash because it was used as the theme tune for a UK children's TV programme. Recordings: James F Dickie's Delights (1976); Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Tam O'Shanter (1984)
Trumpet Hornpipe, The	G	K2v5p25
Union Hornpipe	D	K2v2p39	Aka The Dundee Hornpipe, The Kildare Fancyand The Pantomaime. Recordings: Fiddlers Three Plus Two (n.d.)
Upper Denton	D	K2v3p35
Vendome Hornpipe	F	K2v2p43	Recordings: Fiddlers Three Plus Two (n.d.)
Violetta Hornpipe	F	K2v2p42
Virginia Hornpipe I	F	K2v3p39
Virginia Hornpipe II	Bb	K2v4p32
Wade Hampton's Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p42	By Frank Livingstone, American.
Washington	Bb	K2v1p46
Washington Hornpipe, The	A	K2v5p26
Waterloo Hornpipe	D	K2v3p36
Wedding Day	F	K2v3p39
Welsh Hornpipe, A	G	K2v1p45 K2v6p26	Welsh
West's Hornpipe	D	K2v1p45
Wests Hornpipe	D	K2v5p25
Whiddon's Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p43
Whipple's Hornpipe	Bb	K2v2p37
Whitstable	G	K2v3p37
Willie Donaldson's Hornpipe	G	K2v3p38	By Hugh Dunlop
Wonder, The	Bb	K2v1p46 K2v5p26	Possibly by James Hill.
Woods Hornpipe	G	K2v2p39
Wright's Hornpipe	D	K2v3p35
Yankee Doodle I (Duet)	G	K2v6p53
Yankee Doodle II	C	K2v2p46
Young Glasgow	A	K2v6p31
Zig-Zag Hornpipe	G	K2v3p37

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