Annotation:St. Joe Hornpipe
X:2 T:Saint Joe Hornpipe N:From a 1949 radio broadcast of Burt County, Nebraska fiddler N:Bob Walters (1889-1960), probably over KMMJ out of Grand N:Island, Nebraska. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/saint-joe-hornpipe D:Univ. of Missouri, Bob Walters - "Old Time Fiddlers' Repertory" (1976) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Bb B,2 DF B2Bc|dcde dcBd|cdcB AFAc|B2 Bc dBFD| B,CDF BABc|d2 de dcBd|cdcB AFAc|BdcA B4:| |:B2 df b2fb|a2 g^f gage|Acef agaf|g2 f-g fdcA| Bdfa bf=ef |a2 g2g3e |fagf ecBA|1B2 BA B3B:|2[D2B2][DB][DA] [D4B4]||
ST. JOE HORNPIPE. Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Nebraska. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. “The St. Joe Hornpipe” is one of the ‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’ according to Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. See also the related "Indian Hornpipe." The first part of “St. Joe Hornpipe” is the same as the second part of the English polka “Girl with the Blue Dress On (The).” Source for notated versions: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson, Phillips]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 35. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 222.
