Annotation:Violetta Hornpipe

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VIOLETTA HORNPIPE. AKA and see “City Life,” “Londonbridge Hornpipe (The),” “O’Keeffe’s Hornpipe (2),” “Showman’s Fancy.” Canadian, Scottish; Hornpipe. F Major (Cole, Craig, Kerr): D Major (Messer). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in Irish collections as “Showman’s Fancy (The)” and was recorded by several Irish fiddlers in the 78 RPM era.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 99. Craig (The Empire Collection of Hornpipes), c. 1890’s; p. 5. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 376, p. 42. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 71. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 117, p. 72. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 134. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 124, p. 22.

Recorded sources:

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