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Theme code Index	516 513
Also known as	Go to Berwick Johnny, Berwick Billy, Berwick Bully, Berwick Johnny, Berwick Jockey (2), New Road to Berwick (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double), Triple Hornpipe
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/2
History	ENGLAND(North East)
Structure	AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Vickers
Book/Manuscript title	Book:William Vickers' manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 254
Year of publication/Date of MS	1770
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BARWICK BILLY. AKA and see "Go to Berwick Johnny," "Berwick Johnny," "Berwick Jockey (2)," "New Road to Berwick (The)." English, Double Hornpipe (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. F Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Double [Ed. or 'Triple'] hornpipes are generally from Lancashire and Cheshire. "Barwick is an old spelling of Berwick (as in Berwick-On-Tweed). Time signature 6/8 (in William Vicker's original) but notes grouped in 3/4 throughout. This would appear to have been one of the most popular Double Hornpipes to judge by its many surviving versions; only the 'Dusty Miller' rivals it in this respect. Vicker's setting is the only one I have seen with four strains, others having two or three" (Seattle).

Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 254. Stokoe & Bruce, Northumbrian Minstrelsy, 1882; pg. 18 (appears as "Go to Berwick, Johnnie"). Mooney, Choicest Scots Tunes, 1982; pg. 1 (appears as "Go to Berwick, Johnnie"). Seattle, Bewick's Pipe Tunes, 1986; No. 34 (appears as "Berwick Johnny"). Offord, John of the Greeny Cheshire Way, 1985; pg. 3 (appears as "Berwick Jockey").

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-'''BARWICK BILLY.''' AKA and see "Go to Berwick, Johnny," "Berwick Johnny," "Berwick Jockey [2]," "The New Road to Berwick." English, Double Hornpipe (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. F Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Double [Ed. or 'Triple'] hornpipes are generally from Lancashire and Cheshire. "Barwick is an old spelling of Berwick (as in Berwick-On-Tweed). Time signature 6/8 (in William Vicker's original) but notes grouped in 3/4 throughout. This would appear to have been one of the most popular Double Hornpipes to judge by its many surviving versions; only the 'Dusty Miller' rivals it in this respect. Vicker's setting is the only one I have seen with four strains, others having two or three" (Seattle).
+'''BARWICK BILLY.''' AKA and see "[[Go to Berwick Johnny]]," "[[Berwick Johnny]]," "[[Berwick Jockey (2)]]," "[[New Road to Berwick (The)]]." English, Double Hornpipe (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. F Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Double [Ed. or 'Triple'] hornpipes are generally from Lancashire and Cheshire. "Barwick is an old spelling of Berwick (as in Berwick-On-Tweed). Time signature 6/8 (in William Vicker's original) but notes grouped in 3/4 throughout. This would appear to have been one of the most popular Double Hornpipes to judge by its many surviving versions; only the 'Dusty Miller' rivals it in this respect. Vicker's setting is the only one I have seen with four strains, others having two or three" (Seattle).
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