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'''WILD MORRIS, THE.''' AKA – “Ye Wild Morris.” English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.  The tune was played as a "Morris Off" by Charles Baldwin, formerly musician for Cliffords Mense, Gloucestershire.
'''WILD MORRIS, THE.''' AKA – “Ye Wild Morris.” English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC"Ye Wild Morris" is dated to c. 1720 in Alfred Moffat's '''Dances of the Olden Time''' (). The tune was played as a "Morris Off" by Charles Baldwin, formerly musician for Cliffords Mense, Gloucestershire.
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''Printed sources'':  Moffat (''''Dances of the Olden Time'''); p. 40. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 153.  
''Printed sources'':  Moffat (''''Dances of the Olden Time'''); p. 40.  
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WILD MORRIS, THE. AKA – “Ye Wild Morris.” English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. "Ye Wild Morris" is dated to c. 1720 in Alfred Moffat's Dances of the Olden Time (). The tune was played as a "Morris Off" by Charles Baldwin, formerly musician for Cliffords Mense, Gloucestershire.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Moffat ('Dances of the Olden Time); p. 40.

Recorded sources: EMI/Harvest 7243 8 29861 2 6, Ashley Hutchings et al - "Son of Morris On" (1976/1994).




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