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Theme code Index	1H5 1H2H 1H5 1H1H
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Frank Kidson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old English Country Dances
Tune and/or Page number	p. 15
Year of publication/Date of MS	1890
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YORKSHIRE GREY. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Kidson suggests the 'A' part was derived from "Hunting the Hare" or "Green Gown." The second, ‘B’, part is two measures longer (six in total) than the ‘A’ part music. The air appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Complete Collection of Country Dances and Cotillions for the Harpsichord (c. 1775). The Yorkshire Grey was breed of horse favoured by medieval knights for its load carrying capacity, a feature not lost later when strong horses were needed by the military for hauling caissons. In the 18th century the Yorkshire Grey was adopted by the stage coach companies as the preferred engine, which explains the number of pubs with that name on the old trunk routes.

Printed source: Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; g. 15.

X:1
T:Yorkshire Grey
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Frank Kidson – Old English Country Dances (1890)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
dcd AFA|dfd ecA|dcd AFA|dec d3:|
|:dA=c BAG|eBd ^cBA|dA=c BAG|eBd ^cBA|efg fed|eBc d3:||

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-'''YORKSHIRE GREY'''. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Kidson suggests the 'A' part was derived from "Hunting the Hare" or "Green Gown." The second, ‘B’, part is two measures longer (six in total) than the ‘A’ part music. The air appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson's '''Complete Collection of Country Dances and Cotillions for the Harpsichord''' (c. 1775). The title may have to do with cock fighting.
+'''YORKSHIRE GREY'''. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Kidson suggests the 'A' part was derived from "Hunting the Hare" or "Green Gown." The second, ‘B’, part is two measures longer (six in total) than the ‘A’ part music. The air appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson's '''Complete Collection of Country Dances and Cotillions for the Harpsichord''' (c. 1775). The Yorkshire Grey was breed of horse favoured by medieval knights for its load carrying capacity, a feature not lost later when strong horses were needed by the military for hauling caissons. In the 18th century the Yorkshire Grey was adopted by the stage coach companies as the preferred engine, which explains the number of pubs with that name on the old trunk routes.
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