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Hugh Taylor

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Name this tune
« on: August 22, 2016, 10:11:10 AM »
I've come across this tune that reminds me of something else, but not sure what. Any ideas?

X:1
T:Plantation Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:1/2=60
R:Hornpipe
K:D
"NB"A2|dafd cgec|defd A2 dc|Bdef gfed|cea^g ba=ge|
dafd cgec|defd A2 dc|Bbag fedc|e2 d2 d2:|
|:ed|cea^g afed|cea^g a2 ba|^gabc' d'ba^g|a^gab aba=g|
fgfe deba|gfed ceag|fd'c'b agfe|d2 f2 d2:|
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Re: Name this tune
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2016, 02:02:41 PM »
I know it as The Wonder Hornpipe; among other places, it's in The Northumbrian Piper's Tune Book and Kerr's Caledonian Collection.

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Re: Name this tune
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2016, 07:07:33 PM »
So it is, thanks.
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Re: Name this tune
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2016, 10:39:32 PM »
And it was most probably composed by James Hill.
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