SMITH'S HORNPIPE [2]. AKA and see “Babbit's Hornpipe,” “Myopia Hornpipe.” Scottish? American?; Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune has either an American or Scottish provenance, depending on whether the undated “Kerr’s” collection was published before “Ryan’s Mammoth” or not.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 92. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2) c. 1880’s; No. 325, p. 36. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883.
