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'''OSWESTRY WAKE.''' English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The tune and country dance directions ("Longways for as many as will") were first published in John Young's third edition of '''The Second Book of the Dancing Master''' [http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/Dance/Play5803.htm] (London, 1718), and in Walshy & Hare's '''Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master''' (London, 1719). There is a Welsh dance to the tune called Dawns Croesoswallt, published in Eddie Jones' '''Dawnsie Twmpath.''' | '''OSWESTRY WAKE.''' AKA and see "[[Gwylnos Croesoswallt]]." English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The tune and country dance directions ("Longways for as many as will") were first published in John Young's third edition of '''The Second Book of the Dancing Master''' [http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/Dance/Play5803.htm] (London, 1718), and in Walshy & Hare's '''Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master''' (London, 1719). There is a Welsh dance to the tune called Dawns Croesoswallt, published in Eddie Jones' '''Dawnsie Twmpath.''' | ||
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''Printed sources'': Callaghan ('''Hardcore English'''), 2007; p. 74. | ''Printed sources'': Callaghan ('''Hardcore English'''), 2007; p. 74. Hamilton ('''Blodau'r Grug: 100 Popular Welsh Folk Dance Tunes'''), 1992; No. 27, p. 17 (as "Gwylnos Croesoswallt"). | ||
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OSWESTRY WAKE. AKA and see "Gwylnos Croesoswallt." English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The tune and country dance directions ("Longways for as many as will") were first published in John Young's third edition of The Second Book of the Dancing Master [1] (London, 1718), and in Walshy & Hare's Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (London, 1719). There is a Welsh dance to the tune called Dawns Croesoswallt, published in Eddie Jones' Dawnsie Twmpath.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 74. Hamilton (Blodau'r Grug: 100 Popular Welsh Folk Dance Tunes), 1992; No. 27, p. 17 (as "Gwylnos Croesoswallt").
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
See/hear Spiers & Boden play the tune on youtube.com [2]