Annotation:Old Cambridge Hornpipe
X:1 T:Old Cambridge Reel C:George H. Coes M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Coes Album of Jigs and Reels, something new, for professional and amateur violinists, B:leaders of orchestras, quadrille bands, and clog, reel and jig dancers; consisting of a B:Grand Collection of entirely New and Original Clog-Hornpipes, Reels, jigs, B:Scotch Reels, Irish Reels and Jigs, Waltzes, Walk-Arounds, etc. (1876, p. 55) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A (3E/F/G/|A{B}(A/G/) (A/c/) (3e/f/g/|a{b}(a/g/) a/e/c/A/|f/d/B/A/ G/A/B/c/|d/B/c/A/ G/E/F/G/| A{B}(A/G/) (A/c/) (3e/f/g/|a{b}(a/g/) a/e/c/A/|f/d/B/A/ G/A/B/d/|cA Az:| |:(c/d/)|e{g}a e/c/A/c/|d{a}b B/c/d/B/|g/b/e/g/ b/e/g/b/|a/c'/e/a/ c'/e/a/c'/| e'.c' .a.e|f/d/B/f/ e/c/A/c/|~B(g/f/) e/d/B/G/|A/a/e/c/ Az:|]
OLD CAMBRIDGE HORNPIPE. AKA - "Old Cambridge Reel." AKA and see "Cambridge Hornpipe (The)," "Old Timer Reel (2)," "Pacific Slope (1)." American, Hornpipe or Reel (2/4 or cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was composed by blackface minstrel composer and performer George H. Coes as "Old Cambridge Reel", and printed in his Coes Album of Jigs and Reels (1876). It later appeared in Laybourn's volume as "Old Cambridge Hornpipe." The title perhaps refers to Cambridge, Boston, although it is curious that Boston music publisher Elias Howe used instead the name "Old Timer Reel (2)" for the tune in his Musicians Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (1880-1882).
