Londonderry Hornpipe, The

Alternate Titles
Ladies' Hornpipe
Place of Origin
probably Ireland

This tune appears in Allan's Irish Fiddler and (under the title "Ladies' Hornpipe") in The Roche Collection. Played as a three-part tune in Ireland (A, B and C), it is usually played as a two-part tune on PEI. All Island fiddlers play part A, but some fiddlers play parts A and B, while others play parts A and C. Notation for the version played here by Eddy Arsenault is in The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island.

Londonderry (the preferred name to most Irish is "Derry") is a city in Northern Ireland.

Tune Selections

Silver Star / Londonderry Hornpipe / London Hornpipe Musician: Prince County Fiddlers, Recordist: Ken Perlman, Musician: Patsy Wagner Bolger, Musician: Glenna Bowness, Musician: Thelma Andrews Campbell, Musician: Cathy Davis, Musician: Peter Doiron, Musician: Adam Driscoll, Musician: John Gauthier, Musician: Libby Haywood Hubley, Musician: Lottie Parsons Locke, Musician: Jim MacDougall, Musician: Charlie MacKenzie, Musician: Ed Mathews Accompanied by: Ivan Bowness, pno; Austin Paynter, accdn info
Gow's Lament for His 2nd Wife / Braes of Mar / Scourdiness / Maid Behind the Bar / Londonderry Hornpipe / Southern Melody Musician: "Young Peter" Chaisson, Recordist: Ken Perlman Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo Northeast Kings info