Annotation:Poppy Leaf Hornpipe

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POPPY LEAF HORNPIPE. American, Canadian, Irish; Hornpipe. USA, New England. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cole, McNulty, Miller & Perron, Mulvihill): AA’BB’ (Cranford). "Can be used as a Clog" (Cole). The tune first appeared in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883), and its direct successor Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940), from which it was picked up by both Irish-American and Canadian fiddlers. It was recorded, for example, in the mid-20th century by Cape Breton fiddler Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald, and by Irish-American fiddler Kathleen Gardiner Harrington.

Source for notated version: fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) [Cranford]; Peter Chaisson, Jr., b. 1942 (Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 97. Cranford (Brenda Stubbert’s), 1994; No. 80, p. 29. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; p. 26. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertory), 1983; No. 78. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 14, p. 92. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 60. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 132.

Recorded sources: Brenda Stubbert - “House Sessions” (1992). Celtic CX 34, "Winston Scotty Fitzgerald and His Radio Entertainers." Green Linnett SIF1035, Brian Conway & Tony De Marco - "The Apple in Winter" (1981. Learned from Paddy Reynolds).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [3]