Annotation:Cape Cod Hornpipe (2) (The)
X:1 T: The Cape Cod Hornpipe C: (c) B. Black [www.capeirish/tunes_online] Q: 325 R: hornpipe M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K: A cBAB ceae | f2 ae f3 e | cBAB ceaf | ecBA FB B2 | cBAB ceae | f2 ae fa a2 | EFAB ceaf | ecBA FA A2 :| K: Dm dcAc defg | f2 ed cAGE | FEFG AGAc | dcde fedc | d2 ad edad | c2 ec gcec | BG G2 FAcA | GEDC D4 :| K: Gm GDDD FDDA | Bcdg fdcA | BGdG AFcF | BAGF GABc | dg g2 bagf | cf f2 afdc | BdcB AcBA | GFDF G4 :| K: D FEDE FAdA | B2 dA B3 A | FEDE FAdB | AFED B,E E2 | FEDE FAdA | B2 dA Bd d2 | A,B,DE FAdB | AFED B,D D2 :||
CAPE COD HORNPIPE [2], THE. American, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black [www.capeirish.com/webabc]. Cape Cod was named on the 15th of May, 1602, by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, a Cornishman from Falmouth who sailed north from Virginia and 'took great store of cod fish' off the peninsula in the closing years of the reign of Elizabeth I.