Annotation:Wright's Whim

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WRIGHT'S WHIM. AKA and see "Black Mary Hornpipe (1)," "Butcher's Hornpipe (2)," "Piping Pie Man (The)." English, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title presumably refers to London music publisher Daniel Wright, in whose c. 1715 collection this tune appears. A precursor melody to "Butcher's Hornpipe (2)."

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Offord (John of the Green: Ye Cheshire Way), 1985; p. 88. Daniel Wright (An Extraordinary Collection of Pleasant and Merry Humours), c. 1715; p. 19.

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