The Sailor's Hornpipe

[2] The tune was first printed as the "College Hornpipe" in 1797 or 1798 by J. Dale of London.

[5] Samuel Pepys referred to the dance in his diary as "The Jig of the Ship" and Captain Cook, who took a piper on at least one voyage, is noted to have ordered his men to dance the hornpipe in order to keep them in good health.

[5] The dance on-ship became less common when fiddlers ceased to be included in ships' crew members.

During the Last Night of the Proms in London, when the tune is played as part of Sir Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs, the spectators bring miniature foghorns and party horns and blow them along to the music, creating a loud, frenetic finale as the music reaches its fastest speed.

[6] The tune was played in the animated Popeye cartoons beginning in the 1930s, usually as the first part of the opening credits theme, which then segued into an instrumental of "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man".