Minnie Foster's

hornpipe

Key signature: Fmajor

Submitted on January 5th 2008 by FidDLe01.

This tune has been added to 5 tunebooks.

Also known as The Black Swan, Minnie Foster, Minnie Foster's Clog, Minny Foster.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Across The Black River by Kevin Burke And Cal Scott
• First Through The Gate by Brian Conway
• Mike MacDougall's Tape For Father Hector by Mike MacDougall
• Rattle The Boards by John Nugent, Benny McCarthy And Pat Ryan
• Sean McGuire Plays by Sean Maguire
• Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 2: The Rovers Return by Various Artists
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Joe Burke
• Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon

X: 1
T: Minnie Foster's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Fmaj
AB|cFAc dF(3Bcd|cFAc (3fgf ef|gceg beag|(3fag(3fed c2AB|
cFAc dF(3Bcd|cFAc (3fgf ef|gebg ecBG|(3FGF EG F2:|
ef|gceg be(3gab|acfg acfa|gc'=ba agfd|c2 c'2 c2 A,B,|
(3CB,C A,CFA c^c|(3d^cd DFBd fb|acfa gbeg|(3fgf eg f2:|

From Ryan's Mammoth Collection

This tune was published in the early 1880s in Boston in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (later issued as "1000 Fiddle Tunes"). Minnie Foster, for whom it was named, was an actress and dancer who performed throughout North America in the mid-19th century. Sean McGuire most probably got the tune straight out of the book, but he called it "The Black Swan," under which name it appeared in one of Bulmer and Sharpley's "Music from Ireland" collections in the 1970s. Joe Burke's recording also helped popularize it in those years.

# Posted on March 6th 2008 by blarneystar