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Sheet Music for "Prunoble's Hornpipe"Prunoble's HornpipeHornpipeBook: John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821Notes: Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of hisms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and hadpossibly been in the possession of his descendants until themid-20th cent.Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion



PRUNOBLE’S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Alexander's Hornpipe," "Tom Cat's Hornpipe." English, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, dated 1821. Unfortunately nothing is known of Burks, although he may have been from the north of England. The melody is an early version of the tune usually known as “Alexander's Hornpipe.”


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