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'''LADS AND LASSES [2]'''. AKA and see "[[Captain O'Neill]]," "[[McClellantown Hornpipe (The)]]," "[[Push about the Jorum (1)]]," "[[Rowan Tree (1) (The)]]," "[[Rattle the Bottles (1)]]." English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Seattle): AABB (Kennedy). The melody appears in several musicians' manuscript collections (as "Lads and Lasses") from northern England, including T.J.Dixon (Lincolnshire, 1798), Joseph Barnes (Carlisle, 1762), R. Hughes (Whitchurch,Shropshire, 1823), and the 1770 music manuscript copybook of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom little is known. It also appears under the "Lads and Lasses" title in the Joshua Jackson manuscript (Yorkshire). Scottish collections give the tune as "[[Push about the Jorum]]." A version also appears in Bayard (1944) as an untitled reel | '''LADS AND LASSES [2]'''. AKA and see "[[Captain O'Neill]]," "[[McClellantown Hornpipe (The)]]," "[[Push about the Jorum (1)]]," "[[Rowan Tree (1) (The)]]," "[[Rattle the Bottles (1)]]." English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Seattle): AABB (Kennedy). The melody was published in John Johnson's '''A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5''' (London, 1750) and Longman's '''Compleat Instructions for the German Flute''' (London, 1769). "Lads and Lasses" also appears in several musicians' manuscript collections (as "Lads and Lasses") from northern England, including T.J.Dixon (Lincolnshire, 1798), Joseph Barnes (Carlisle, 1762), R. Hughes (Whitchurch,Shropshire, 1823), and the 1770 music manuscript copybook of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom little is known. It also appears under the "Lads and Lasses" title in the Joshua Jackson manuscript (Yorkshire), and the Thomas Hammersley manuscript (London, 1790). Scottish collections give the tune as "[[Push about the Jorum]]." | ||
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As in England, "Lads and Lasses" appears in American musicians' manuscript collections of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including flute player Henry Beck (1786), Micah Hawkins (New York, 1794), Edward Murphy (Newport, 1790), and Abel Shatuck (Colrain, Mass., 1801). A version also appears in Bayard's '''Hill Country Tunes''' (1944) as an untitled reel collected in Western Pennsylvania; see his note for "[[Talk:Honeycomb Rock (The)]]." Early American publications including the reel are Alvan Robinson's '''Massachusetts Collection of Martial Musick''' (Hallowell, Maine, 1818), and G.E. Blake's '''Gentleman's Amusement''' (Philadelphia, 1824). | |||
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LADS AND LASSES [2]. AKA and see "Captain O'Neill," "McClellantown Hornpipe (The)," "Push about the Jorum (1)," "Rowan Tree (1) (The)," "Rattle the Bottles (1)." English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Seattle): AABB (Kennedy). The melody was published in John Johnson's A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1750) and Longman's Compleat Instructions for the German Flute (London, 1769). "Lads and Lasses" also appears in several musicians' manuscript collections (as "Lads and Lasses") from northern England, including T.J.Dixon (Lincolnshire, 1798), Joseph Barnes (Carlisle, 1762), R. Hughes (Whitchurch,Shropshire, 1823), and the 1770 music manuscript copybook of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom little is known. It also appears under the "Lads and Lasses" title in the Joshua Jackson manuscript (Yorkshire), and the Thomas Hammersley manuscript (London, 1790). Scottish collections give the tune as "Push about the Jorum."
As in England, "Lads and Lasses" appears in American musicians' manuscript collections of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including flute player Henry Beck (1786), Micah Hawkins (New York, 1794), Edward Murphy (Newport, 1790), and Abel Shatuck (Colrain, Mass., 1801). A version also appears in Bayard's Hill Country Tunes (1944) as an untitled reel collected in Western Pennsylvania; see his note for "Talk:Honeycomb Rock (The)." Early American publications including the reel are Alvan Robinson's Massachusetts Collection of Martial Musick (Hallowell, Maine, 1818), and G.E. Blake's Gentleman's Amusement (Philadelphia, 1824).
Source for notated version: William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection [1] (Northumberland) [Seattle].
Printed sources: Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 87, p. 22. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 456.
Recorded sources:
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