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The Sailor's Hornpipe

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The tune was first printed as the "College Hornpipe" in 1797 or 1798 by J. Dale of London. However, versions of the tune are found in earlier manuscript collections – for example, a syncopated version in the
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cartoons beginning in the 1930s, usually as the first part of the opening credits theme, which then segued into an instrumental of "
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Due to the small space that the dance required, and no need for a partner, the dance was popular on-board ship.
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and blow them along to the music, creating a loud, frenetic finale as the music reaches its fastest speed.
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referred to the dance in his diary as "The Jig of the Ship" and
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Jack's the Lad
hornpipe
Royal Navy
William Vickers manuscript
Samuel Pepys
Captain Cook
College Hornpipe
media help
Last Night of the Proms
Sir Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea Songs
foghorns
party horns
Popeye
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man

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Appalachia Waltz

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