Annotation:Merry Man Hornpipe (The)
X:1 T:Merry Man Hornpipe, The M:4/4 L:1/8 S:Copied from Wilson's Companion to the Ballroom 1816 ("Harlequin's Hornpipe") Z:Paul Kinder R:Hornpipe K:G DE/2F/2|G2 G2 GBAc|B2 B2 Bdce|dgfe dcBA|BGdB cAFD| G2 G2 GBAc|B2 B2 Bdce|dgfe dcBA|G2 GG G2:| |:dc|Bgdg Bgdg|cgeg cgeg|c'afd c'afd|b2 g2 g2 dc| Bgdg Bgdg|cgeg cgeg|c'afd c'afd|g2 gg g2:||
MERRY MAN HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see "Harlequin Gambols," "Harlequin Hornpipe (4)," "Pet of the House (The)," "Stage Hornpipe (4) (The)." English, Irish; Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also the related "Pet of the House (The)." Although O'Neill (1922) indicates he copied the tune from Wilson's Companion to the Ball Room (1816) the tune does not appear in the volume under the "Merry Man" title, but rather as "Harlequin Hornpipe (4)." It appears O'Neill thought the original title naming the impish Harlequin stage character needed reframing. O'Neill also published a variant of the Hornpipe in his Waifs and Strays collection as "Stage Hornpipe (3) (The)," from the Jeremiah Breen (North Kerry) manuscript, and earlier printed a version as "Pet of the House (The)" in his Music of Ireland (1903).
