Johnston's

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 16th 2003 by Nick Splease.

This tune has been added to 29 tunebooks.

Also known as Johnson's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 25 Years Of Celtic Music (Disc 1) by Various Artists
• Anthem by De Danann
• Memories Of Galway by Seamus Walshe
• Return To Inis Mor by Joe Derrane
• Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
• The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
• The Pure Box by Colin Nea
• The Rough Guide To Irish Music by Various Artists
• Traditional Dance Music Of Ireland by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Johnston's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
dB|:A2dA ^GABG|A2dA ^GABG|ABcB AGFG|AGFG EFG^G|
A2dA ^GABG|A2dA ^GABG|ABcB AGFG|1 ~E3F DEFG:|2 ~E3F D2dc||
Bcde fdBf|gfeg fdBd|(3ccc F2 (3ccc F2|cF^Ac fedc|
Bcde fdBf|gfeg fdBd|cF~F2 cF^Ac|1 fedc B2dc:|2 fedc Bfag||
f2de f2de|fdad bdad|(3cBA eA fAed|cdef bage|
f2de f2de|fdad bdad|cdef bage|1 d2f2 d2ag:|2 d2f2 d2||

Johnston's Hornpipe

I first heard this on a 78 by Will Starr, long before Frankie Gavin got his hands on it. Bobby Gardiner, however susequently made a great job of it.
Danny.

# Posted on May 16th 2003 by Nick Splease

Peter Letham

There's a relase by Topic records called 'Melodeon Greats', a compilation of recordings of Scottish melodeon players from the 20s and 30s. It fetures one player, Peter Letham, playing a verion of this tune, under the name of 'The Johnson Hornpipe'. It goes as follies:

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: G
(3Bc^c|dBgd ^cgec|dBgd ^cgec|(3d^cd fe d^c=cB|A^GAB A2Bc|
dBgd ^cgec|dBgd ^cgec|(3d^cd fe d^c=cB|A^GAB G2:|
:F2|EFGA BGEB|cBFB BGEG|(3FGF B,2 (3FGF B,2|FB,^DF BAGF|EFGA BGEB|cBFB BGEG|FB,^DF B3c|BAGF E:||

# Posted on May 21st 2003 by OrganicPeatCreature