Old Ironsides
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Old Ironsides" is an American hornpipe in G Major. The parts are played AABB (Cole) or<br> AA'BB' (Kerr).<br> The title refers to the early 19th century American square-rigged frigate the<br> USS Constitution, built in 1797 and converted in modern times to a floating museum in<br> Boston harbor. The warship became famous in the War of 1812 when she defeated several<br> Royal Navy vessels and captured numerous merchant ships. She earned the nickname<br> "Old Ironsides" in her battle with HMS Guerriere. <br> The earliest sound recording of the tune dates to 1913 when it was waxed by violinist Charles<br> D'Alamaine, born in 1871 in England, who died in 1943. D'Alamaine emigrated to the<br> United States in 1888 and by 1890 had established himself as "instructor on violin"<br> in Evanston, Illinois; by 1910 he had removed to Yonkers and in 1920 was a chiropractor<br> in New York City.<br> It was printed in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883),<br> Kerr's Merry Melodies, vol. 2 (c. 1880's) and<br> Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940).<br>
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