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'''LITTLE POLLY POLKA.''' English, Polka. D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & G Major ('C' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune Michael Raven prints differs in the first strain, but his second strain is the same as that of Norfolk musician George H. Watson (c. 1880). The tune was in the repertoire of concertina player and morris dancer Billy Kimber (1872-1961) of Headington Quarry, Oxford, who was recorded in 1951 by Peter Kennedy.   
'''LITTLE POLLY POLKA.''' English, Polka. D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & G Major ('C' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune Michael Raven prints differs in the first strain, but his second strain is the same as that of Norfolk musician George H. Watson (c. 1880). The tune was in the repertoire of concertina player and morris dancer Billy Kimber (1872-1961) of Headington Quarry, Oxford, who was recorded in 1951 by Peter Kennedy.   
[[File:kimber.jpg|200px|thumb|left|William Kimber]]
[[File:kimber.jpg|200px|thumb|left|William Kimber]]
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''Printed sources'': Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 153.
''Printed sources'': Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 153.
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Folktrax FTX-382, William Kimber - "Bean Setting". </font>
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LITTLE POLLY POLKA. English, Polka. D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & G Major ('C' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune Michael Raven prints differs in the first strain, but his second strain is the same as that of Norfolk musician George H. Watson (c. 1880). The tune was in the repertoire of concertina player and morris dancer Billy Kimber (1872-1961) of Headington Quarry, Oxford, who was recorded in 1951 by Peter Kennedy.

William Kimber



Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 153.

Recorded sources: Folktrax FTX-382, William Kimber - "Bean Setting".




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