Annotation:Favorite (6) (Hornpipe) (The)
X:1 T:Favourite [6] (Hornpipe), The M:C| L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb B>FD>F B>dc>B|c>AF>A c>ed>c|d>bf>d e>ge>c|d>fA>c B>AGF| B>FD>F B>dc>B|c>AF>A c>ed>c|dbfd g2 fe|dcBA B2 B,2:| |:B>AB>c B>AB>c|Bcde f3F|G>FG>A G>FG>A|GABc d3D| E>DE>F E>DE>F|EFGA B3 [B,d]|[C3c3]g f>de>c|B2 FD [B,4B4]:||
FAVOURITE [6] (Hornpipe), THE. AKA and see "20th of May (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was originally published in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). As with numerous other tunes from the Thompsons' 1773 collection, it was entered into the 1788 music copybook of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.). Under the title "20th of May (The)" and set as a hornpipe, the tune was entered in several musicians' manuscript collections of the first half of the 19th century.
