Annotation:Dew Drop Hornpipe
X:1 T:Dew Drop Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A e | a/c'/a/e/ c/a/e/c/ | A/e/c/A/ .E.c | d/f/B/d/ c/e/A/c/|B/E/G/B/ e/e/f/g/| a/c'/a/e/ c/a/e/c/ | A/e/c/A/ .E.c | d/f/B/d/ c/e/A/c/ | B/E/G/B/ A :| |: a | g/e/b/g/ e/g/b/g/ | a/e/c'/a/ e/a/c'/a/ | d'/b/c'/a/ b/g/a/f/ | e/^d/e/f/ e/=d/c/B/ | A/c/e/c/ a/e/c'/e/ | b/e/g/e/ b/e/d'/c'/ | b/a/g/f/ e/d/c/B/ | AaA :||
DEW DROP HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Butterfly Hornpipe," "Larry O'Niel's Clog." American, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The 'B' part of this melody appears in the tune "Brilliancy." There was a variety house called the Dew Drop In in New York in the Civil War years. Massachusetts fiddler Frank Ferrel notes the tune was a favorite of Cape Breton fiddler Joe Cormier. Ferrel and J.P. Cormier played it at Joe's memorial service. See note for "Larry O'Niel's Clog" for more.
