Annotation:Jenkins' Hornpipe
Tune properties and standard notation
JENKIN'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Good for the Tongue," "Cois Ceimeanna (Na)," "Stepping Stones (1) (The)," "[[Stoney Steps (The)," "Stony Steps (The)," "Washington Hornpipe." Scottish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Athole): AABB' (Phillips}. Early recordings of the tune under this title are by Peter Wyper (1912) and Jim McHardy (1940's). See also the related "White Fish in the Rapids." The melody was printed in Glasgow publisher George Cameron's Cameron's Selection of Violin Music [1] (1859).
Source for notated version: Skip Gorman [Phillips].
Printed sources: Cameron (Cameron's Selection of Violin Music), 1859; p. 29. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 203.
Recorded sources: Regal G 6985 (78 RPM), Peter Wyper (1912).