Annotation:Belfast Hornpipe (1)

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BELFAST HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "Clog des laboureurs," "Lancashire Clog," "Manchester Hornpipe (4)," "Millicent's Hornpipe," "Millicen's Favourite," "Millicent’s Favourite," "Royal Belfast," "Sweep's Hornpipe (1)" "Great Eastern Hornpipe" "Great Western Hornpipe (The)." Irish, English, Scottish; Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC (Martin): AABBCC (Allan, Kennedy, O'Neill, Prior). The melody was printed under the generic title "Lancashire Clog" in Elias Howe's Musician's Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882), and soon after as "Millicent's Hornpipe" in a collection by Glasgow publisher James S. Kerr; but by the 1920's had acquired the title "Belfast Hornpipe" (among other titles) by which it was printed in Allan's Irish Fiddler. As "The Sweep's Hornpipe" it is button accordion player Joe Derrane's signature tune.

Quebec fiddler Albert Allard recorded the hornpipe, note for note the same as "Belfast Hornpipe", in Montreal in 1938 as "Clog des laboureurs." "Belfast Hornpipe" can also be found as the first tune in "Medley de Clogs", printed in J.A. Boucher's Le Répertoire du Violoneux[1] (Montreal, 1933, No. 5), paired with "Rights of Man."

The name Belfast means 'crossing place by a sandbank'.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - J.A. Boucher (Le Répertoire du Violoneux), Montreal, 1933; No. 5 (appears as 1st tune in "Medley de Clogs"). Elias Howe (Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 638. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book, vol. 2), 1951; p. 2 ("The Lass on the Strand"). Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 2), 1988; p. 17. McDermott (Allan's Irish Fiddler), c. 1920's; No. 88, p. 22. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 207. Prior (Fionn Seisiún 3), 2007; p. 30.

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