Annotation:Excelsior (2)
X:1 T:Excelsior [2] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A A,/C/E/C/ .A,/A/c/A/ | E/G/B/G/ A/c/e/c/ | d/f/d/B/ c/e/c/A/ | (3B/c/B/ (3A/G/F/ (3E/F/E/ (3D/C/B,/ | A,/C/E/C/ A,/A/c/A/ | E/G/B/G/ A/c/e/c/ | d/f/B/d/ G/B/E/G/ | AcAz :| |: c/e/a/e/ c/e/f/e/ | c/e/a/e/ d/c/B/A/ | a/g/a/e/ f/g/a/e/ | (3g/b/a/ (3g/f/e/ (3e/f/e/ (3d/c/B/ | c/e/a/e/ c/e/f/e/ | c/e/a/e/ d/c/B/A/ | a/g/a/e/ f/d/B/G/ | AcAz :||
EXCELSIOR [2]. American, Canadian; Hornpipe or Clog. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The word 'excelsior' is frequently used as a motto, meaning 'higher' or 'upwards', often used (by the poet Longfellow, for example) as an injunction or aspiration. The melody, however, was published in earlier Elias Howe collections (such as 1000 jigs and reels, c. 1867) as "Baltimore Hornpipe."
