Annotation:Portsmouth Hornpipe (2)
X:1 T:Portsmouth Hornpipe [2] M:C| L:1/8 B:Elias Howe – Second Part of the Musician’s Companion (1843, No. 210, p. 48) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Ador |:GFGA GBdB | AGAB cdef | gfgd ecAG |1 FGEF D4 :|2 G2G2 G4 :| |:d2dc B2g2 | e2ed c2a2 | g2gd ecAG | FGAB A4 | d2dc Bdg2 | e2ed cea2 | gfgd ecAF | G2G2 G4 :|
PORTSMOUTH HORNPIPE [2]. American, Hornpipe (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first strain is shared with "Mathewson's Hornpipe" (see note for "annotation:Mathewson's Hornpipe" for more). Curiously, Elias Howe printed a cognate version of the melody on the same page as "Portsmouth Hornpipe (2)," called "Prince Regent's Hornpipe," which, although a bit more 'notey' is the same tune.
