Leslie's

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on February 3rd 2004 by Aidan Crossey.

This tune has been added to 28 tunebooks.

Also known as Astley's Ride, Leslie’s.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A North Country Barn Dance by The Morpeth Ranters
• Aberdeen Folk Club 'A Celebration' by Various Artists
• Altan by Altan
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 8 by Matt Cunningham
• English Fiddle Tunes by Pete Cooper
• Hungry Grass by Hungry Grass
• Irish Ceili, Reels And Jigs by Various Artists
• Live In Concert by Brid Harper And Dermot Byrne
• Music For The Sets - Volume 6: Face The Hob by Various Artists
• Northern Lights by Kevin And Seamus Glackin
• Ocean View by Shanachie
• The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume One by Various Artists
• The Old Wheel Of Fortune by Fidil
• The Princess Royal: Dance Music From South Armagh by The Nine McCusker Brothers And Hugh Savage

X: 1
T: Leslie's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
|:A|d2d2 d2cd|e2e2 e2fe|dcBA B2c2|defg agfe|
d2d2 d2cd|e2e2 e2fe|dcBA B2c2|d4 d3:|
|:e|f2f2 f2ef|g2g2 g2fg|e2e2 e2de|f2f2 fgaf|
d2d2 d2cd|e2e2 e2fe|dcBA B2c2|d4 d3:|

Leslie's Hornpipe

This is one of set of three tunes which form the ceili dance known unsurprisingly as "The Three Tunes" ... the others in the set are "The German Beau" and "Haste To The Wedding".

# Posted on February 3rd 2004 by Aidan Crossey

Leslie's (hornpipe)

This is the tune known originally (and still in Britain) as Astley's Ride. "Leslie" looks like a corruption of Astley. It's obviously not a hornpipe of any kind), but an excellent example of the multitude of ubiquitous common-time tunes (chief characteristic: that formidable 123 - or "om pom pom" - at the start of the 1st bar) now often referred to, for the sake of typonomy, as a (Scotch) measure, which seem both to have spawned the hornpipe proper and paved the way for the acceptance of the polka by traditional musicians in the Bristish Isles. Said Astley did have a (formerly very popular) hornpipe named after him, which is now generally know as "Ashley's" Hornpipe - under which name it is reproduced elsewhere on this site. The splendid McCusker brothers here cited recorded both, as well as a lot of other tunes of English origin associated with the old northern (Irish) dancing tradition.

# Posted on May 5th 2010 by phil heheir