Annotation:Gillespie's Hornpipe

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GILLESPIE'S HORNPIPE ("Crannciuil Mic Gilla-Epscoip" or "Cornphiopa Mhic Ghiolla Easbaig). AKA and see "Devil's Dream (2)," "Leinster Hornpipe (The)." Irish, Hornpipe. A Major (O'Neill): G Major (Breathnach). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Breathnach): AABB (O'Neill). See also "Devil's Dream (2)," the title under which the tune was printed by Glasgow publisher James S. Kerr in the early 1880's.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Alex Kerr (Co. Antrim, Ireland) [Breathnach]; "J. O'Neill" [O'Neill], referring to Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, born in County Down in the late 1860's—James served as O'Neill's transcriber and collaborator on his early volumes.

Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. 2), 1976; No. 306, p. 156. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 206. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1741, p. 324. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 917, p. 157.

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