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[[File:oystergirl2.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The Oyster Girl, by Karl Gussow, 1882]] The melody was entered into several English musicians' copybooks, including those of James Blackshw (North Shropshire, 1837), James Winder (Lancashire, 1835-41), and R. Hughes (Whitchurch, Shropshire, 1823). It was entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter, a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England. Sussex musician [[wikipedia:Scan_Tester]] (1887-1972) used the tune as the vehicle for the Sussex Four Handed Broom Dance. | [[File:oystergirl2.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The Oyster Girl, by Karl Gussow, 1882]] The melody was entered into several English musicians' copybooks, including those of James Blackshw (North Shropshire, 1837), James Winder (Lancashire, 1835-41), and R. Hughes (Whitchurch, Shropshire, 1823). It was entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter, a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England. Sussex musician [[wikipedia:Scan_Tester]] (1887-1972) used the tune as the vehicle for the Sussex Four Handed Broom Dance. | ||
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|f_printed_sources=Hall & Stafford ('''Charlton Memorial Tune Book'''), 1956; p. 14. Kennedy ('''Fiddlers Tune Book, vol. 1'''), 1951; No. 78, p. 38. Manson ('''Hamilton's Universal Tune Book, vol. 2'''), 1846; p. 21. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 124. Sweet ('''Fifer's Delight'''), 1965/1981; p. 35. Wade ('''Mally's North West Morris Book'''), 1988; p. 23. | |f_printed_sources=Hall & Stafford ('''Charlton Memorial Tune Book'''), 1956; p. 14. Kennedy ('''Fiddlers Tune Book, vol. 1'''), 1951; No. 78, p. 38. Manson ('''Hamilton's Universal Tune Book, vol. 2'''), 1846; p. 21. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 124. Sweet ('''Fifer's Delight'''), 1965/1981; p. 35. Wade ('''Mally's North West Morris Book'''), 1988; p. 23. Geoff Woolfe ('''William Winter’s Quantocks Tune Book'''), 2007; No. 76, p. 36 (ms. originally dated 1850). | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Topic TSCD 669, Arthur Marshall (et al) - "Ranting and Reeling: Dance Music of the north of England" (1998. North Yorkshire accordion player Marshall was born in 1896). | |f_recorded_sources=Topic TSCD 669, Arthur Marshall (et al) - "Ranting and Reeling: Dance Music of the north of England" (1998. North Yorkshire accordion player Marshall was born in 1896). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=See/hear the tune played on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWESx7gB0kw], and by Lester Bailey [http://lesters-tune-a-day.blogspot.com/2012/10/tune-56-oyster-girl.html]<br> | |f_see_also_listing=See/hear the tune played on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWESx7gB0kw], and by Lester Bailey [http://lesters-tune-a-day.blogspot.com/2012/10/tune-56-oyster-girl.html]<br> | ||
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OYSTER GIRL [1]. English, Jig and Morris Dance Tune. England; Northumberland, North-West. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Hall & Stafford, Sweet): AABBC (Kennedy, Raven, Wade). Tune used for a single step dance in the North-West (England) morris dance tradition. James Manson (1846) noted the "The comic song, 'Going out a-shooting', is sang to this air."
