X:22
T:Broosom Hornpipe
A:London, England
Q:1/2=110
M:3/2
L:1/4
S:T.Marsden, Collection of Lancashire HPs, 1705
N:[Raise your 3rd and 4th Strings a Note higher]
N:HERE AS SOUNDS; Probably should be k: A.
N:cf Wright's 'A Hornpipe made in Lancashire' #49
Z:Village Music Project + Pete Stewart, 2004 <www.hornpipemusic.co.uk>
K:D
"^Scordatura in MS-'raise your 3rd &4th strings a note higher'"
AeAB/=c/Ae|FB2F^G>B|AeAB/=c/Ae|cA2F^G>B||
Aagfec|dB2F^G>B|Aagfed|cA2F^G>B||
A/B/ c/d/ e/f/e/c/ e/f/e/c/|dB2F^G>B|\
A/B/ c/d/ e/f/e/c/ e/f/e/c/|cA2EFE/D/||
CEDFCE|B,B2E^G/F/E/D/|CEDFCE|B,B2F^G>B||
A/B/ c/d/ e/f/e/c/ e/f/e/c/|dB2F^G>B|\
A/B/ c/d/ e/f/e/c/ e/f/e/c/|e/f/e/c/ e/f/e/c/ B/c/d/B/||
A/B/ c/d/ e/f/e/c/ e/f/e/c/|dBg/f/ e/c/ B/c/d/B/|\
Aag/a/g/f/ e/f/e/d/|c/d/e/c/AF^G/F/E/D/||
CEDFCE|B,B2E^G/F/E/D/|A,CB,DCE|A,A2F^G/F/E/C/||
A,>CB,AA,A|B,B 2F^G/F/E/D/|C/D/E/C/ D/E/F/D/ C/D/E/C/|A,A2F^G>B||
Aagfec|dcBA^GB|Aagfed|cA2F^GF/E/|]
BROOSOM HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Hornpipe made in Lancashire (A)." English, Triple Hornpipe (3/2 time). A Mixolydian/Dorian. ADae (Marsden) or AEae (Offord) tuning (fiddle). ABCDEFGHI. "Broosom Hornpipe" was first printed in Thomas Marsden's Collection of Original Lancashire Hornpipes, Old and New, printed in London in 1705 by Henry Playford and sold in his shop. London music publisher Daniel Wright printed a version of the hornpipe as "Hornpipe made in Lancashire (A)" around the year 1713. Note that Marsden specified scordatura tuning (AEae) for the fiddle.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Thomas Marsden (Collection of Original Lancashire Hornpipes, Old and New), 1705; No. 22. Offord (John of the Green: Ye Cheshire Way), 1985; pp. 46-47 (two versions). Daniel Wright (An Extraordinary Collection of Pleasant and Merry Humours), 1713;
