Annotation:Belfast Hornpipe (1)

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BELFAST HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "Royal Belfast," "Millicent's Hornpipe," "Millicen's Favourite," “Millicent’s Favourite,” "Sweep's Hornpipe (1)," "Great Eastern Hornpipe (The)" “Great Western Hornpipe (The).” Irish, English, Scottish; Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC (Martin): AABBCC (Allan, Kennedy, O'Neill). The name Belfast means 'crossing place by a sandbank'. As "The Sweep's Hornpipe" it is button accordion player Joe Derrane's signature tune.

Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2, 1951; p. 2 (appears as "The Lass on the Strand"). Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; p. 17. McDermott (Allan's Irish Fiddler), c. 1920's; No. 88, p. 22. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 207.

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