Annotation:Captain Corbett's Hornpipe

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X:1 T:Capt. Corbett's Hornpipe M:4/4 L:1/8 S:Francis E. Walsh, San Francisco Z:Paul Kinder R:Hornpipe K:D (fg)|af{a}(ge) dfed|(ce)AA (AB)AG|FAdf .g.e.c.e|(3efe (3dcB A2 (fg)| afge dfed|ceAA sABsAG|FAdf gece|d2 dd d2:| |:cd|seAsAA fAgA|seAsAA f2 sefs|sgfgse dfec|sdcdsB A2 (AG)| FA (3AAA sGBs (3BBB|AFAd sgfsed|cdef sgesce|d2 dd d2:||

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. See note for "annotation:Reel du goglu" for more on this tune family.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Francis E. Walsh (San Francisco) [O'Neill].

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 309.

Recorded sources: -

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