Annotation:Robinson's Hornpipe (2)
X:1 T:Robinson’s Hornpipe [2] M:C L:1/8 B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks or the provenance of his N:ms. but it is probable he was from England. N:His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had possibly N:been in the possession of his descendants. N:The same tune can be found in the William Sidney Mount ms., Long Island Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb E2 G4B2|D2F4B2|C2E4 FG|AGFE DCB,A,| G,2 B4 cd|A,2 c4 cd|DEFG AFDC|F4E4:| g2e4ge|f2 d4fd|e2c4 de|fgfe dcB=A| Bfdf Bfdf|Afcf Afcf|Bfdf Bfdf|=Afcf Afcf| bage edcB|c4 B2 cd|edcB cBAG|AGFE DCB,A,| G2 dB A,2 cA|B,2 eB|C2 ec|DEFG AFED|F4 E4||
ROBINSON'S HORNPIPE [2]. American, Hornpipe (cut time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune appears in the music manuscript collection of wikipedia:William_Sidney_Mount, a native of Setauket, Long Island, and painter of renown and a skilled amateur fiddler. The title references a fiddler friend of Mounts, Robinson, who played the tune, which is a version of "Banks Hornpipe (The)."
