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|f_annotation='''WILD ROSE, THE.''' English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. “Wild Rose” is the tune that accompanies the Lichfield, Staffordshire, morris stick dance Milley’s Request.  Milley’s Hospital stands in Beacon Street, Lichfield. Over the door a plaque reads ‘This hospital for fifteen women was founded by Thomas Milley D.D., Canon Residentiary of the Cath. Church of Lichfield, 1504.’  The tune was transmitted by the musician for the ‘old team’ (mid-1920’s) of Lichfield morris dancers, via the telephone. 
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|f_printed_sources=W. Everett, F. C. Phillips, Alex Helm, "The Lichfield Morris: The Story of the Recovery of a 'Lost' Tradition," ('''Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society''', Vol. 8, No. 2), 1957; p. 100. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 86.
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Sheet Music for "The Wild Rose"The Wild RoseMorris Dance TuneNotes: For the Litchfield morris dance “Milley’s Bequest”Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion



WILD ROSE, THE. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. “Wild Rose” is the tune that accompanies the Lichfield, Staffordshire, morris stick dance Milley’s Request. Milley’s Hospital stands in Beacon Street, Lichfield. Over the door a plaque reads ‘This hospital for fifteen women was founded by Thomas Milley D.D., Canon Residentiary of the Cath. Church of Lichfield, 1504.’ The tune was transmitted by the musician for the ‘old team’ (mid-1920’s) of Lichfield morris dancers, via the telephone.


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Printed sources : - W. Everett, F. C. Phillips, Alex Helm, "The Lichfield Morris: The Story of the Recovery of a 'Lost' Tradition," (Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Vol. 8, No. 2), 1957; p. 100. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 86.






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