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WAGONER HORNPIPE. AKA - "Wagoner's Hornpipe." American, Hornpipe. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A popular Texas fiddle tune, often heard played for contests. It was recorded in the 78 RPM era by Texas fiddler Eck Robertson, The Red Headed Fiddler's (in 1930, in Dallas, Texas, for Brunswick records, although the side was never issued), and Smith's Garage Fiddle Band.

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

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

Recorded sources:

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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