ROXBOROUGH CASTLE. AKA and see "Blanchard's Hornpipe." AKA - "Roxburgh Castle." Irish, English; Hornpipe and Reel. A Major. Standard. AB (Hunter): AABB (Raven, Sweet): AABB' (Brody). Roxburgh Castle is also the name of a not particularly common Scottish country dance. The second strain is also the second part of the American minstrel tune "Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel." Source for notated version: Graham Townsend (Canada) [Brody]. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 237-238. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 316 (appears as "Roxburgh Castle"). Karpeles (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 7 (appears as "Roxburgh Castle"). Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), Vol. 1, 1951; No. 22, pg. 11 (appears as "Roxburgh Castle"). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 188. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 59. Front Hall 08, Alister Anderson- "Traditional Tunes" (1976. Appears as "Roxburgh Castle"). Rounder 7002, Graham Townsend- "Le Violin/ The Fiddle."
ROXBURGH CASTLE. AKA and see "Roxborough Castle."