"The Quarrelsome Piper", in Gaelic "An Piobaire Crodac/Bruigeantac", also known as "William’s Hornpipe" is an Irish hornpipe in G Major. The parts are played AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001), AABB (Martin & Hughes, Mulvihill), AA’BB (Moylan) or AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen).
It was printed in Martin & Hughes's Ho-ro-ghedllaedh (1990), Moylan's Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra (1994), Mulvihill's 1st Collection (1986), Krassen's O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1976), O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903) and O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907).
It was recorded by Joe Derrane with Felix Dolan on Give Us Another (1994), The High Level Ranters on Four in a Bar (1979), Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill on Two Gentlemen of Clare Music (1999) and many others.