Hi Mick ~~~ Perhaps you can help me out a bit. I play a lot of fiddle tunes and have a bit of trouble trying to figure out where they originated.

For example Richard Robinsons Tunebook lists tunes by country as one means of dealing with the tune list. There several tunes listed as Irish/Scottish/English. For example:

Hornpipes (only a small sample)
Alaxanders
Boys of Blue Hill
Fishers
Harvest Home

I have a feeling that most of these are originally Irish by the style of the tune. In the above list I would tend to think that "Harvest Home" may have possibly originated in England. I have no basis for this whatsoever.

Any clues ~~~ sorry this is not a Rant although some of the tunes I play are Rants ~~ usually Scottish or Irish.

Captain Bob