Annotation:Old Nick's Lumber Room: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
Alan Snyder (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
---- | ---- | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
'''OLD NICK'S LUMBER ROOM.''' AKA | '''OLD NICK'S LUMBER ROOM.''' AKA – "Pawnbroker (The)," "[[Pawnbroker's Warehouse]]." English, Country Dance Tune & Jig (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript collection. Old Nick, a euphemism for the Devil that dates, in writing, to the year 1643, is said to have derived from association of Niccoló (i.e.'Nick') Machiavelli (1469–1527) with things diabolical. Old Nick was said to have a 'lumber room' filled with bones; thus Hell would by 'Old Nick's Lumber Yard'. The tune was first published (along with the alternate title, as in the Thompson publication) in R. Baldwin's '''London Magazine, or The Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer''' (London, October, 1759, p. 550). | ||
< | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
The jig has been adopted for Scottish Country Dancing and appears in the RSCDS books. Jack Campin finds a version called "The Pawnbroker" published in Edinburgh on a single sheet by Muir Wood & Co. around 1800. | The jig has been adopted for Scottish Country Dancing and appears in the RSCDS books. Jack Campin finds a version called "The Pawnbroker" published in Edinburgh on a single sheet by Muir Wood & Co. around 1800. | ||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
''Printed sources'': Thompson ('''Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2'''), London, 1765; No. 33. | ''Printed sources'': | ||
Thompson ('''Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2'''), London, 1765; No. 33. | |||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
Revision as of 02:23, 24 March 2017
Back to Old Nick's Lumber Room
OLD NICK'S LUMBER ROOM. AKA – "Pawnbroker (The)," "Pawnbroker's Warehouse." English, Country Dance Tune & Jig (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript collection. Old Nick, a euphemism for the Devil that dates, in writing, to the year 1643, is said to have derived from association of Niccoló (i.e.'Nick') Machiavelli (1469–1527) with things diabolical. Old Nick was said to have a 'lumber room' filled with bones; thus Hell would by 'Old Nick's Lumber Yard'. The tune was first published (along with the alternate title, as in the Thompson publication) in R. Baldwin's London Magazine, or The Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer (London, October, 1759, p. 550).
The jig has been adopted for Scottish Country Dancing and appears in the RSCDS books. Jack Campin finds a version called "The Pawnbroker" published in Edinburgh on a single sheet by Muir Wood & Co. around 1800.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), London, 1765; No. 33.
Recorded sources: