Annotation:Borobridge Hornpipe
X:253 T:Borobridge Hornpipe. Le4.253 L:1/8 B:L.Leadley MS#4 c1850 Z:vmp.Mike Hicken 2016 www.village-music-project.org.uk N: This is tune 44 of The Fiddler of Helperby. N: * These notes are crotchets in the original. M:C| Q:1/4=120 K:G GBdg fedc|BdFA GFED|GD/D/ D2 AD/D/ D2|BAcA GFED| GBdg fedc|BdFA GFED|CDB,D A,DG,[DB]|cAFA "*"G4 :| |: b3a gfed|e^def gb B2|e^def gfga|bagf e2 (D/E/)F| GBdg (fe).d.c|BdFA GFED|CDB,D A,DG,[DB]|cAFA "*" G4 :|
BOROBRIDGE HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. England, Yorkshire. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A Shropshire variant, recognizable, though with distinct differences, goes under the name of "Wellington Hornpipe" and is also to be found in a Victorian MS collection. Boroughbridge, in North Yorkshire, is a mile west of Aldborough and superceded the older village when the Normans built a bridge over the Ure at the site in the 12th century. It was at Broroughbridge that Edward II's forces defeated Thomas of Lancaster in 1322.
