Annotation:Highland Hornpipe (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
HIGHLAND HORNPIPE. AKA and see "High Level Hornpipe (1)," "Velocipede Hornpipe." American, English (originally); Hornpipe. B Flat major ('A' part) & F major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title is perhaps a miss-hearing of the title "High Level Hornpipe (1)," a tune attributed to Northumbrian fiddler James Hill, of which "Highland Hornpipe" is a version.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 90 (and p. 110 as "Velocipede Hornpipe"). Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 123.
Recorded sources: MCA Records MCAD 4037, "The Very Best of Don Messer" (1994).