Annotation:Omnibus (The)
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OMNIBUS, THE. AKA and see "Kielder Jock's," "Merrymaker’s Club (The)," "Norfolk Hornpipe," "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).
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.
Recorded sources: