Annotation:Newcastle Hill Clog

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NEWCASTLE HILL. AKA and see "Newcastle Hornpipe (1) (The)." Scottish, English, Canadian; Hornpipe or Clog. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The hornpipe was composed by fiddler and renowned hornpipe composer biography:James Hill (c. 1815-c. 1860), a native of Dundee who spent most of his life at Gateshead, northeast England, near Newcastle, Northumberland. His title as "Newcastle Hornpipe." Don Messer called it "Newcastle Hill"

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1875; p. 46 ("Newcastle Hornpipe"). Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 85. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 161, p. 110.

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