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'''PLYMOUTH LASSES.''' AKA and see "[[Sylph (The)]]." English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Plymouth Lasses" was a popular English jig, although it was called "The Sylph" (or variant spellings) or "The Self" in 19th century musicians' manuscript collections. The "Plymouth Lasses" title seems to have come in with Peter Kennedy's 1951 collection. | '''PLYMOUTH LASSES.''' AKA and see "[[Girls of Banbridge (The)]]," "[[Gwynt y Glan]]," "[[Sylph (The)]]." English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Plymouth Lasses" was a popular English jig, although it was called "The Sylph" (or variant spellings) or "The Self" in 19th century musicians' manuscript collections. The "Plymouth Lasses" title seems to have come in with Peter Kennedy's 1951 collection. | ||
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PLYMOUTH LASSES. AKA and see "Girls of Banbridge (The)," "Gwynt y Glan," "Sylph (The)." English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Plymouth Lasses" was a popular English jig, although it was called "The Sylph" (or variant spellings) or "The Self" in 19th century musicians' manuscript collections. The "Plymouth Lasses" title seems to have come in with Peter Kennedy's 1951 collection.
Source for notated version: Donald Woodcock [Phillips].
Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book, vol. 1), 1951; No. 87, p. 43. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 376. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 105.
Recorded sources: Rounder Records 7007, Graham Townsend - "Classics of Irish, Scottish, and French-Canadian Fiddling" (1978. Learned from Tommy McQueston, an Irish émigré in Toronto).