Annotation:Captain Corbett's Hornpipe
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CAPTAIN CORBETT'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Captain John's Hornpipe." Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. P.W. Joyce (1827-1914) prints the tune as "Captain John's Hornpipe" in his Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909). See also the French-Canadian variant "Reel du Goglu" (Goblin's Reel), recorded in the 78 RPM era by Joseph Allard.
Source for notated version: Francis E. Walsh (San Francisco) [O'Neill].
Printed sources: O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 309.
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