Annotation:Richer's Hornpipe (2)
RICHER'S HORNPIPE [2]. AKA and see: "Bridge of Lodi (The)," "Douglas, "Down Back o' Shoddy," "Douglas," "Hell on the Potomac (3)," "Hunter's Hornpipe (1)," "Huntsman's Hornpipe," "Murray's Hornpipe (1)," "Lochmaben Hornpipe," "Lord Nelson's Hornpipe (1)," "Nelson's Hornpipe (2)," "Saxon's Hornpipe," "Stage Hornpipe (4) (The)." English; Hornpipe (2/4, whole or cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Richer's Hornpipe [2]" is a member of a large early 19th century hornpipe family with numerous titles and variants. The melody is here associated with a rope dancer named Richer (for whom see "annotation:Richer's_Hornpipe_(1)), although the unrelated melody "Richer's Hornpipe (1)" is the tune that is almost always associated with his name.
