Constitution Hornpipe (1)

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Theme code Index	1H1H1H3H 2H2H2H4H
Also known as	Lone Appendicitis
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog, Reel (single/double)
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Accidental
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Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 153
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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CONSTITUTION HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "Lone Appendicitis." American, Canadian; Hornpipe or Breakdown. USA, New England, Nebraska. Canada, Cape Breton Nova Scotia. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Bayard, Christeson, Ford, Harding, Jarman, Messer, Miller & Perron, Phillips): AA'BB' (Kerr). The tune was perhaps named for the American naval vessel The Constitution, of the War of 1812 fame. The square-rigged ship still exists and is on display in Boston harbor. Christeson (1973) says the original version, as published in older tune books, is more difficult to play than the one he collected, and Bayard's (1981) source also thought the tune strenuous, saying "If you think that's not hard to play, just try it!" The first strain is also the same as the "Jinrikisha Hornpipe" and, in simplified form, Huntington's 3rd tune on his pg. 23. (Cole, p. 93).

Sources for notated versions: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Winston Fitzgerald (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 138, pp. 75-76. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; No. 116, p. 83. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 116. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 95. Harding's All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 77. Jarman, Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes; No. or p. 28. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 336, p. 37. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 14. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 103. O'Malley, 1919; p. 19. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 186. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 153. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 139.

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