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OMNIBUS, THE. AKA and see "Kielder Jock's," "Merrymaker's Club," "Norfolk Hornpipe (2) (The)," "Stage Hornpipe (1)." English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. One of the more famous compositions of Tyneside publican, fiddler and composer James Hill (c. 1811-1853). Francis O'Neill gives it as "Merrymaker's Club" in his Music of Ireland (1903). The "Kielder Jock" title honors Jack "Kielder Jock" Davidson, a Northumbrian fiddler from the late 1800’s. Famed County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman recorded the tune as "The Stage."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Dixon (The Lads Like Beer), 1987. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 303, p. 179. Northumbrian Pipers' Society (The Fiddle Music of James Hill), 2005.

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-'''OMNIBUS, THE.'''  AKA and see "[[Kielder Jock's]]," "[[Merrymaker's Club]]," "[[Norfolk Hornpipe (2) (The)]]," "[[Stage Hornpipe (1)]]." English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. One of the more famous compositions of Tyneside publican, fiddler and composer James Hill (c. 1811-1853). Francis O'Neill gives it as "[[Merrymaker's Club]]" in his '''Music of Ireland''' (1903)
+'''OMNIBUS, THE.'''  AKA and see "[[Kielder Jock's]]," "[[Merrymaker's Club]]," "[[Norfolk Hornpipe (2) (The)]]," "[[Stage Hornpipe (1)]]." English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. One of the more famous compositions of Tyneside publican, fiddler and composer James Hill (c. 1811-1853). Francis O'Neill gives it as "[[Merrymaker's Club]]" in his '''Music of Ireland''' (1903). The "[[Kielder Jock]]" title honors Jack "Kielder Jock" Davidson, a Northumbrian fiddler from the late 1800’s. Famed County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman recorded the tune as "The Stage."
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