Annotation:Wood's Hornpipe
X:1 T:Wood's Hornpipe M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:James Aird – Aird's 6th and Last Volume of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1803; No. 67, p. 26) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G DE/F/|G2G2G2 Bc|dBdg dBAG|edcB cBAG|FGAB A2 DE/F/| G2G2G2 Bc|dBdg dBAG|edcB cBAG|FGAB A2:| |:Bc|dBdg dBdg|eceg eceg|edcB cBAG|FGAB A2 Bc| dBdg dBdg|eceg eceg|gfed cBAG|D2G2G2:|]
WOOD'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Morpeth Rant (1).” English, Scottish; Hornpipe (whole time). G Major (Aird): A Major (Laybourn, Wilson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune is better known as “Morpeth Rant” from its long association with the dance called the Morpeth Rant, name for a small town in Northumberland. It is often claimed as a Northumbrian tune, although it has been collected in tradition throughout England and Wales. The melody also appears under the “Wood’s Hornpipe” title in the 1840 music manuscript collection of multi-instrumentalist John Rook, Wigton, Cumbria. It is nearly identical to the version printed in Kerr, save that the last measure of the ‘A’ part in the ms. goes |FGAB A4:|.