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WONDER HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see “Coey's Hornpipe,” "Miss Ferry's Hornpipe," "Princess Hornpipe," “The Southern Shore,” “Tammany Ring.” English, Scottish, Irish, Canadian; Hornpipe (whole time). G Major (Kennedy, Raven): B Flat Major (Honeyman, Kerr, Miller). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Honeyman, Kennedy, Miller, Raven): AA'BB (Kerr). “The Wonder” is sometimes attributed to James Hill (c. 1811-1853) of Newcastle, Northumberland, born in Scotland but active from the 1830s to 1850s in Gateshead and Newcastle, Northumberland, England. Hill, a sometime publican and popular tavern fiddler, is still famous especially for his hornpipes (“High Level Hornpipe (1),” “Beeswing,” “Hawk (The),” etc.), and was wont to name tunes after racehorses and pubs. He is sometimes called the ‘Paganini of the hornpipe’. Honeyman prints three versions, one each in his three hornpipe playing styles: Sand Dance, Newcastle, and Sailor's. The first four bars of the second strain of "Black's Hornpipe (1)" are reminiscent of this tune. Irish versions can be found in O’Neill under the titles “Coey's Hornpipe” and “The Southern Shore,” and an American one in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) as “Tammany Ring.” Philippe Varlet finds that the tune was recorded on a 78 RPM record by champion accordion player George Ross in the mid-1950’s. Ross, born 1916, was from County Wexford and was a member of Mayglass Ceili Band.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pp. 40 41 (three versions). Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book, vol. 2), 1954; p. 3. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; No. 29, p. 46. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 324, p. 190. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 168.

Recorded sources: - Celtic CX17, Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald - "Canada's Outstanding Scottish Fiddler" (1967). Old Bridge Music OBMCD 04, Tom McConville – “Fiddler’s Fancy.” Shanachie 78005, De Dannan – “Hibernian Rhapsody” (1996. Appears in the set “George Ross’ Hornpipes”). Shanachie 78057, Danú - "The Road Less Travelled" (2003). Howie MacDonald - "Old School" (2011).

See also listing at:
' Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]

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-'''WONDER HORNPIPE, THE.''' AKA and see “[[Coey's Hornpipe]],” "[[Miss Ferry's Hornpipe]]," "[[Princess Hornpipe]]," “The [[Southern Shore]],” “[[Tammany Ring]].” English, Scottish, Irish, Canadian; Hornpipe (whole time). G Major (Kennedy, Raven): B Flat Major (Honeyman, Kerr, Miller). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Honeyman, Kennedy, Miller, Raven): AA'BB (Kerr). “The Wonder” is sometimes attributed to James Hill (c. 1811-1853) of Newcastle, Northumberland, born in Scotland but active from the 1830s to 1850s in Gateshead and Newcastle, Northumberland, England. Hill, a sometime publican and popular tavern fiddler, is still famous especially for his hornpipes (“[[High Level Hornpipe (1)]],” “[[Beeswing]],” “[[Hawk (The)]],” etc.), and was wont to name tunes after racehorses and pubs. He is sometimes called the ‘Paganini of the hornpipe’. Honeyman prints three versions, one each in his three hornpipe playing styles: Sand Dance, Newcastle, and Sailor's. The first four bars of the second strain of "[[Black's Hornpipe (1)]]" are reminiscent of this tune. Irish versions can be found in O’Neill under the titles “[[Coey's Hornpipe]]” and “The [[Southern Shore]],” and an American one in '''Ryan’s Mammoth Collection''' (1883) as “Tammany Ring.” Philippe Varlet finds that the tune was recorded on a 78 RPM record by champion accordion player George Ross in the mid-1950’s. Ross, born 1916, was from County Wexford and was a member of Mayglass Ceili Band.
+'''WONDER HORNPIPE, THE.''' AKA and see “[[Coey's Hornpipe]],” "[[Miss Ferry's Hornpipe]]," "[[Princess Hornpipe]]," “The [[Southern Shore]],” “[[Tammany Ring]].” English, Scottish, Irish, Canadian; Hornpipe (whole time). G Major (Kennedy, Raven): B Flat Major (Honeyman, Kerr, Miller). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Honeyman, Kennedy, Miller, Raven): AA'BB (Kerr). “The Wonder” is sometimes attributed to James Hill (c. 1811-1853) of Newcastle, Northumberland, born in Scotland but active from the 1830s to 1850s in Gateshead and Newcastle, Northumberland, England. Hill, a sometime publican and popular tavern fiddler, is still famous especially for his hornpipes (“[[High Level Hornpipe (1)]],” “[[Beeswing]],” “[[Hawk (The)]],” etc.), and was wont to name tunes after racehorses and pubs. He is sometimes called the ‘Paganini of the hornpipe’. Honeyman prints three versions, one each in his three hornpipe playing styles: Sand Dance, Newcastle, and Sailor's. The first four bars of the second strain of "[[Black's Hornpipe (1)]]" are reminiscent of this tune. Irish versions can be found in O’Neill under the titles “[[Coey's Hornpipe]]” and “The [[Southern Shore]],” and an American one in '''Ryan’s Mammoth Collection''' (1883) as “[[Tammany Ring]].” Philippe Varlet finds that the tune was recorded on a 78 RPM record by champion accordion player George Ross in the mid-1950’s. Ross, born 1916, was from County Wexford and was a member of Mayglass Ceili Band.
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