ARRANMORE FERRY, THE. AKA and see "Staten Island (Hornpipe)." Irish, Hornpipe.
ATHOLE VOLUNTEERS MARCH. Scottish, March. F Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by Niel Gow. There is some similarity in this tune to "Staten Island Hornpipe." Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 584. Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 352.
BURNS' HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Staten Island Hornpipe." The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997).
HAYMAKERS, THE [5]. AKA and see "Staten Island (Hornpipe)." New England, Reel. D Major. Standard. One part. Printed by Burchenal under this title for the New England contra dance also called The Haymakers or The Merry Haymakers. Burchenal (American Country Dances), 1918; pgs. 4-5.
NONE SO PRETTY [2]. AKA and see "Staten Island Hornpipe." Hulbert (Complete Fifer's Museum), pg. 21 (2nd tune).
PADDY REYNOLD'S DREAM. Irish, Jig. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard. AABBCC. Staten Island, New York, fiddler Reynolds told Bill Black he had not composed the tune, only arranged it. Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 97, pg. 50. Green Linnet SIF1027, Mick Moloney - "Strings Attached."
T: Paddy Reynolds' Dream
S: Mick Moloney
Z: transcribed by B.Black
Q: 300
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: D
F | EGA =cBc | Adc d2 e | fag efd | ABG FED |
Adf afd | Bcd eag | fed ecA | GEA D2 :|
A | dcd faf | gec d2 A | dcd AGA | =cBc EFG |
dcd faf | gec Ace | dcd AGA | GEA D2 :|
G | d3 a3 | gfg a3 | d3 a2 f | gef gfe |
def dcA | GAB AFD | Ace GBd | AFE D2 :|
STATEN ISLAND (HORNPIPE). AKA and see "The Arranmore Ferry," "Burns' Hornpipe," "None So Pretty." Scottish, English, Irish, American; Hornpipe. USA; New England, southwestern Pa. Ireland, County Donegal. D Major. Standard. AABB. "Staten Island Hornpipe" was first printed in I.A. Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish, and Foreign Airs, printed in Glasgow, c. 1780, in which it is identical to version played today. Burchenal associates the tune with the New England contra dance The Haymakers, or The Merry Haymakers. Bayard (1981) sees a general resemblance to "The Athole Volunteers" printed in McDonald's Gesto Collection. In Donegal the tune is known as "Arranmore Ferry." Sources for notated versions: Hiram Horner (fifer from Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1960) and Hoge Ms (a fife MS from Pa., 1944) [Bayard]; Danny Gardella [Phillips]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 318A-B, pg. 274. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 266. Burchenal, 1918; pgs. 4-5 (appears as "Haymakers" [2]). Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 97. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 46. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 314. Jarman (Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes); No. or pg. 30. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), Vol. 1, 1951; No. 5, pg. 3. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; No. 8, pg. 21. Miller & Perron, 1983; No. 129. Phillips, Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 226. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 172. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 3. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 56. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; pg. 18. F&W Records 1, "F&W String Band." Front Hall 05, Fennigs All Stars- "Saturday Night in the Provinces." June Appal 014, John McCutcheon- "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (1977. Learned from Richard Blaustein). Kicking Mule 209, Hank Sapoznik- "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo." North Star RS0009, "The Wind in the Rigging: A New England Voyage" (1988).
T:Staten Island Hornpipe, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
K:D
AG|FDFG A2Bc|defe dcBA|B2GB A2FA|G2E2 E2AG|
AG|FDFG A2Bc|defe dcBA|d2d2 efge|1 f2d2 dBAG:|2 f2d2 defg:|
|:a2fa g2eg|f2df e=cAB|=c2=c2 efge|=c2=c2 efge|
a2fa g2eg|f2df ec (3ABc |d2d2 efge|1 f2d2 defg:|2 f2d2 dBAG:|