Annotation:Boss Clog Hornpipe (The)

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BOSS CLOG HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see "Dixon's Slide," "O'Neill's Hornpipe (2)." American, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune appears under the title "Dixon's Slide" in Ira Ford's Traditional Music in America (1940). Ford collected primarily in Missouri and the Mid-West, however, specifics on where he obtained this tune are unknown. Francis O'Neill included the tune in his Music of Ireland (1903) as "O'Neill's Hornpipe (2)," despite having no known Irish antecedents.

Printed source: the hornpipe was included in a section of tunes in Ryan's Mammoth from the playing of Jimmy Norton, the "Boss Jig Player." Norton was presumably a band-leader or principal instrumentalist in the eastern Massachusetts area in the mid-1900's, although noting is known about him.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 50.

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