London Hornpipe
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"London Hornpipe", also known as "The Navvie", "Navvie on the Line", or<br> "New London Reel" is a Canadian and American hornpipe in G Major (Cole, Page,<br> Ryan) or A Major (Messer). The parts are played AABB.<br> It is a widely known hornpipe thought to be of British origin.<br> The similar British tunes called "The Navvie" or "Navvie on the Line" are<br> credited to Tyneside composer James Hill as is "The Bee's Wing Hornpipe", also<br> in this collection.<br> North American tunes in the family (particularly related in the first strain)<br> are "Montreal Hornpipe", "Reel de Sherbrooke", "Reel de Montréal"<br> and "Old Blind Sow She Stole the Middlins."<br> "New London" in Ira Ford's Traditional Music in America (1940) is note-for-note<br> the same tune as "London Hornpipe".<br> It was printed in Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940),<br> Kerr's Merry Melodies, vol. 1 (1880),<br> Messer's Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes (1980),<br> Page's Ralph Page Book of Contras (1969) and<br> Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883).<br>
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