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Theme code Index	1H362 31H1H7
Also known as	Birnes Hornpipe, Cordick's Hornpipe
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	B
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:John Anderson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys Reels & Country Dances
Tune and/or Page number	p. 20
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1820
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BYRNE'S HORNPIPE [3]. AKA - "Birnes Hornpipe." AKA and see "Cordick's Hornpipe." Scottish, Hornpipe. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Robin Williamson (1976) speculates that the title might refer variously to a Border minstrel named Burne the Violer, a famous Irish giant named Charles Byrne (who Williamson says died in Margate at the age of twenty-three after requesting that his coffin, which measured nine feet, four inches, be thrown into the ocean because of his fears his body would be medically dissected), and finally the Irish blind fiddler Michael Byrn (who was hired by the notorious Captain Bligh at the beginning of the ill-fated voyage of The Bounty). All of which seems pure speculation for what is a fairly common name. The melody appears in Irish collector P.W. Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909) as "Cordick's Hornpipe."

Printed sources: Anderson (Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances), c. 1820; p. 20 (as "Birnes Hornpipe"). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 337, p. 36. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; p. 57.

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T:Birnes Hornpipe 
T:Byrne's Hornpipe [3]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
B:J. Anderson - Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances 
B: for the German Flute or Violin (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 20)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
(A/B/c/)|(dA).F.A (BG).E.G|(FA) d4 c2|B2 (gf) (fe)(ed)|c2 A2 A3G|
(FA).B.c (dA).G.F|Edcd ecAg|fgaf bgec|d2d2d2||
(fe)|(df).b.a (gf).e.d|(ce).a.g. (fe).d.c|Bdgf edcd|B2B2 B3c|
d2 (de) dAGF|Edcd ecAg|fgaf bgec|d2d2d2||

X:1
T:Byrne's Hornpipe [3]
M:C
L:1/8
B:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 337 (c. 1880's)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A2|dAFA BGEG|FA d4 c2|(Bg)(gf) (fe)(ed)|c2A2 A3G|FABc dAGF|
Edcd ecAg|fgaf bgec|d2d2d2::(fe)|dfba gfed|ceag fedc|
Bdgf edcd|B2B2B3c|d2 (df) dAGF|Edcd ecAg|fgaf bgec|d2d2d2:||

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-|f_book_title=Merry Melodies vol. 3
+|f_book_title=Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys Reels & Country Dances
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-''Printed sources:'' Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), vol. 3; No. 337, p. 36. Williamson ('''English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes'''), 1976; p. 57.
+''Printed sources:'' Anderson ('''Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances'''), c. 1820; p. 20 (as "Birnes Hornpipe"). Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), vol. 3; No. 337, p. 36. Williamson ('''English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes'''), 1976; p. 57.
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