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'''KERSHAW'S HORNPIPE.''' AKA and see: [[Dickey Gossip (2)]]," "[[Dublin Hornpipe (3) (The)]]," "[[Kershaw's Hornpipe]]," "[[Lodge Gate]]," "[[Pound Hill]]," "[[Russell's Hornpipe]]," "[[Woodcock Hill]]."
'''KERSHAW'S HORNPIPE.''' AKA and see: "[[Back of the Haggard]]," "[[Black's Hornpipe (2)]]," "[[Duke's Hornpipe]]," "[[Lady Flashdash Hornpipe]]," "[[Loyalist Hornpipe]]," "[[Miss Manner's Hornpipe]]." English, Hornpipe. England, North-West. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Kershaw): AABB (Knowles). From Joseph Kershaw (Slackote, Saddleowrth, east of Manchester) who compiled  his ms. around 1820 (judging from a watermark dated 1817, according to Anne Gilchrist's 1910 finding). The Kershaw manuscript now resides in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at Cecil Sharp House, London. The tune appears in the manuscript of Joshua Burnett of Worsborough, south Yorkshire (active around 1830-1850) as "Kershaw's Hornpipe." Jamie Knowles suggests that it could have been written by Kershaw, as claimed by a later note in his manuscript book, however, the tune appears in John Clare's (1793-1864) manuscript (from around the same period or a bit later) under the title "[[Duke's Hornpipe]]," and in the decidedly earlier John Miller (Perth, Scotland) manuscript (1799) as "[[Black's Hornpipe]]." Langdale, Cumbria, fiddler William Irwin had it in his 1838 manuscript as "[[Loyalist Hornpipe]]," and an untitled version appears in the 19th century music manuscripts of the Welch family (Bosham, Sussex). North Yorkshire fiddler and architect Lawrence Leadley (1827-1897) included it in his mid-19th century music manuscript copybook as "[[Lady Flashdance]]." "[[Back of the Haggard (The)]]" is a later title, well-known in Ireland. The first strain appears cognate with the "[[Jaunting Car]]" family of tunes. 
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''Printed sources'': Callaghan ('''Hardcore English'''), 2007; p. 19. Knowles ('''The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript'''), 1993; No. 68. Knowles ('''Northern Frisk'''), 1988; No. 118.
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KERSHAW'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see: "Back of the Haggard," "Black's Hornpipe (2)," "Duke's Hornpipe," "Lady Flashdash Hornpipe," "Loyalist Hornpipe," "Miss Manner's Hornpipe." English, Hornpipe. England, North-West. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Kershaw): AABB (Knowles). From Joseph Kershaw (Slackote, Saddleowrth, east of Manchester) who compiled his ms. around 1820 (judging from a watermark dated 1817, according to Anne Gilchrist's 1910 finding). The Kershaw manuscript now resides in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at Cecil Sharp House, London. The tune appears in the manuscript of Joshua Burnett of Worsborough, south Yorkshire (active around 1830-1850) as "Kershaw's Hornpipe." Jamie Knowles suggests that it could have been written by Kershaw, as claimed by a later note in his manuscript book, however, the tune appears in John Clare's (1793-1864) manuscript (from around the same period or a bit later) under the title "Duke's Hornpipe," and in the decidedly earlier John Miller (Perth, Scotland) manuscript (1799) as "Black's Hornpipe." Langdale, Cumbria, fiddler William Irwin had it in his 1838 manuscript as "Loyalist Hornpipe," and an untitled version appears in the 19th century music manuscripts of the Welch family (Bosham, Sussex). North Yorkshire fiddler and architect Lawrence Leadley (1827-1897) included it in his mid-19th century music manuscript copybook as "Lady Flashdance." "Back of the Haggard (The)" is a later title, well-known in Ireland. The first strain appears cognate with the "Jaunting Car" family of tunes.

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Printed sources: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 19. Knowles (The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript), 1993; No. 68. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 118.

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