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WAGONER HORNPIPE. AKA - "Wagoner's Hornpipe." American, Hornpipe. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A popular Texas fiddle tune, often played for contests. It was recorded in the 78 RPM era by Texas fiddler Eck Robertson (1887-c. 1970's), The Red Headed Fiddler's (in 1930, in Dallas, Texas, for Brunswick records, although the side was never issued. The band was led by fiddler Albert Steely, b. 1871, Tallalaga County, Texas), and Smith's Garage Fiddle Band (in 1929, in San Antonio, Texas, for records, although the side was unissued. The band was led by fiddler Samuel Morgan Peacock, 1877-1932, Johnson County, Texas).

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Mark O'Connor [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 232.

See also listing at :
See/hear the tune played on youtube.com [1]
See Austin Rogers' transcription of Eck Robertson's version [2]
Hear the tune played by fiddler Red Seeley at Slippery Hill [3]

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