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The Rights of Man
Hornpipe · 2/2 · E minor · Suggested tempo: 1/4 = 88 BPM
The two strains of an old hornpipe in even eighth notes for practice.
The source melody is shown with a simple left-hand bass and chord accompaniment created for this site, for piano or chromatic button accordion.
Transpose Chord symbols are suggested by fisarmonica.org and are not part of the source score.
Source: Francis O'Neill (ed.), The Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), no. 811. University of Rochester's public-domain scan
Source and playback
Melody from the public-domain 1907 collection. Triplets and pickups are simplified; chords and bass are new.