X:1
T:Hornpipe [52]
T:Untitled
N:Fr. John Quinn & Conor Ward find the 1st strain shared
N:with Bashful Bachelor, Obelisk Hornpipe, Wily Old Bachelor
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 3, c. 1883, No. 18, p. 6)
B:http://grier.itma.ie/book-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=5&z=135.2298%2C401.1504%2C3018.3698%2C1198.5626
N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from
N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
AG|FAde fdAF|Eeef gecA|FAdf ecAc|ef/d/ cd/B/ AB/G/ FG/E/|
FAde fdAF|Eeef gecA|FAdA Bgec|d2 dd d2||
fg|afdA FAdf|gecA EAce|afdA FAdf|ed cd/B/ A2fg|
afdA FAdf|gecA EAce|fa/f/ df eg/e/ ce|d2 dd d2||
HORNPIPE [52]. Irish, Hornpipe (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was entered as an untitled hornpipe into Book 3 of the c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim fiddler and piper [biography:Stephen Grier]]. Researchers Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find the first strain is cognate with that of "Bashful Bachelor (2) (The)," "Wily Old Bachelor (The)," "Obelisk Hornpipe," "Shaw's Reel," and "Walk Your Chalk."
