Annotation:Cheshire Rolling Hornpipe
X:1 T:Cheshire Rolling Hornpipe B:Walsh M:6/4 L:1/8 K:Dmin F2 D2 F2 E2 ^C2 E2| D3 E FD E2 C2 c2| C4 F2 EF G2 E2| F2 D2 F2 E2 ^C2 E2|D6 A3 G FE| D4 F2 EF G2 E2:| |: A2 F2 D2 d3 c =B2| c6 G3 F ED| C4 F2 EF G2 E2| D3 d ^c2 =B2 e2 dc| d6 A3 G FE| D4 F2 EF G2 E2:| |: f2 a2 f2 e2 g2 e2 |c2 e2 g2 c2 A2 F2| C4 F2 EF G2 E2| agfe d2 gfed ^c2| d6 A2 F2 D2|DE F2 D2 EF G2 E2 :||
CHESHIRE ROLLING HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Drunken Sailor (5)," "Rolling Hornpipe (The)," "Sailors are all at the bar (The)," "Sailors is all at the bar." English, "Old" or Triple Hornpipe (6/4 or 9/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC (Offord): AABBCC (Walsh). The melody appears in London music publisher John Walsh's third collection of Lancashire tunes (Lancashire Jigs, Hornpipe, Joaks, etc.) published in London around the year 1730. See note for "annotation:Rolling Hornpipe (The)" for more.
