Annotation:Robinson's Hornpipe (2)
X:1 T:Robinson’s Hornpipe [2] M:C L:1/8 B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks or the provenance of his N:ms. but it is probable he was from England. N:His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had possibly N:been in the possession of his descendants. N:The same tune can be found in the William Sidney Mount ms., Long Island Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb E2 G4B2|D2F4B2|C2E4 FG|AGFE DCB,A,| G,2 B4 cd|A,2 c4 cd|DEFG AFDC|F4E4:| g2e4ge|f2 d4fd|e2c4 de|fgfe dcB=A| Bfdf Bfdf|Afcf Afcf|Bfdf Bfdf|=Afcf Afcf| bage edcB|c4 B2 cd|edcB cBAG|AGFE DCB,A,| G2 dB A,2 cA|B,2 eB|C2 ec|DEFG AFED|F4 E4||
ROBINSON'S HORNPIPE [2]. English, American; Hornpipe (whole or cut time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Robinson's Hornpipe" was in the 1821 music manuscript collection of fiddler John Burks, who probably was from England. The tune appears in the music manuscript collection of William Sidney Mount, a native of Setauket, Long Island, and painter of renown and a skilled amateur fiddler. Mount may have had in mind his fiddler friend, Robinson, who played the tune, which is a version of "Banks Hornpipe (1)."
