Annotation:Christmas Hornpipe
Tune properties and standard notation
CHRISTMAS HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Elias Howe (c. 1867) prints contra-dance directions along with the tune.
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 116. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 63. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 89. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 153. White's Unique Collection, 1986; No. 103, p. 18.