The Sailor's Hornpipe
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Sailor's Hornpipe", also known as "The College Hornpipe" and<br> "Jack's the Lad" is a traditional hornpipe melody. The usual tune for<br> this dance was first printed as the "College Hornpipe" in 1797 or 1798<br> by J. Dale of London. It was found in manuscript collections before then<br> going back at least to 1770. The whole step modulation in the B part<br> resembles the same structure in the B part of "Give the Fiddler a Dram".<br> Hornpipes were danced on British navy ships in the 18th century accompanied<br> by a tin whistle, pipes or a fiddle. Captain Cook, who took a piper on<br> at least one voyage, is noted to have ordered his men to dance the hornpipe<br> for exercise while at sea.<br> In more recent times the tune has been used for comic effect by Groucho Marx,<br> Looney Tunes characters, Woody Woodpecker, Donald Duck and Popeye.<br> John Philip Sousa's "Jack Tar March", written in 1903, features "The Sailor's<br> Hornpipe" tune in one of its segments.<br> It has been recorded by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor on Appalachian<br> Waltz (1996).<br>
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