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Theme code Index
15 65 15 33H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English, Morris
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
F
Accidental
1 flat
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
England/West Midlands"England/West Midlands" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
BUMPUS O' STRETTON. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major (Mallinson): F Major (Bacon). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB, AABB, AABB, AABB, AA. Collected from musicians in the village of Ilmington, Warwickshire, England. Bacon (1974) notes the tune was probably used for a 'morris on' or for a different set dance.
Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; p. 216. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book), 1988; No. 47, p. 29.