Annotation:Belfast Hornpipe (1)
X:1 T:Lancashire Clog T:Belfast Hornpipe [1] N:The name “J.H. Durant” appears with the tune; whether composer or N:source is unknown. M:C L:1/8 R:Clog or Hornpipe B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 638) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D a>g|f>ad>f A>dF>A|D>FA>d f2 e>f|g>be>g c>e>F|G>AB>G E2 a>g| f>ad>f A>dF>A|D>FA>d f2 e>f|g>bg>e c>AB>c|d2f2d2:| |:D2|G>FG>A B>cd>e|f3e d>ce>B|A2f2 f>Af>A|G2e2 e>Ge>G| G>FG>A B>cd>e|f3e d>cd>B|A>fe> c>AB>c|d2f2d2:| |:a>g|(3.f.g.f (3.e.f.e (3.d.e.d (3.c.d.c|(3.B.c.B (3.A.B.A G2 b>g|(3.g.a.g. (3f.g.f. (3.e.f.e (3.d.e.d}(3c.d.c (3.B.c.B A2 a>g| (3.f.g.f (3.e.f.e (3.d.e.d (3.c.d.c|(3.B.c.B (3.A.B.A (3.G.A.G (3.F.G.F|E>ge>d c>AB>c|d2[A2f2][F2d2]:|]
BELFAST HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "Clog des laboureurs," "Royal Belfast," "Millicent's Hornpipe," "Millicen's Favourite," "Millicent’s Favourite," "Sweep's Hornpipe (1)" "Great Eastern Hornpipe" "Great Western Hornpipe (The)." Irish, English, Scottish; Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC (Martin): AABBCC (Allan, Kennedy, O'Neill). The melody was printed under the generic title "Lancashire Clog" in Elias Howe's Musician's Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882), but by the 1920's had acquired the title "Belfast Hornpipe" (among other titles) by which it was printed in Allan's Irish Fiddler. As "The Sweep's Hornpipe" it is button accordion player Joe Derrane's signature tune. Albert Allard recorded the hornpipe, note for note with "Belfast Hornpipe", in Montreal in 1938 as "Clog des laboureurs."
The name Belfast means 'crossing place by a sandbank'.
