Annotation:Rigs o' Marlow

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X: 1 T:Rigs o' Marlow, Headington M:4/4 L:1/8 A:Headington P:A(A2B2)4 K:C Q:260 P:A c<e c<e c<e ed/c/|B<d B<d B<d fe/d/|c<e c<e c<e g>c' |a>fd>B c2 c2 || P:B c'>ag>f e>f g2 |c'>ag>f e2 d2 |c'>ag>f e>c f>f |e<c d<B c2 c2 ||

RIGS O' MARLOW. AKA and see "Rakes of Mallow (The)." English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). A Major (Bacon): G Major (Mallinson): C Major (Karpeles). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB, x4. Originally Irish. The English morris dance version of the old Irish tune "Rakes of Mallow (The)" was collected from the village of Headington, Oxfordshire, in England's Cotswolds. Cecil Sharp collected the dance on Boxing Day, 1899, during a visit to Headington on his first collecting trip, and the next day took down the tune from the Headington side's musician, William Kimber (d. 1961).

Composer Gustz Holst made a setting for chamber orchestra as one of his "Morris Dance Tunes."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; p. 176. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 33. Mallinson (Mally’s Cotswold Morris Book, vol. 2), 1988; No. 18, p. 10.

Recorded sources: - EMI/Harvest 7243 8 29861 2 6, Ashley Hutchings et al - "Son of Morris On" (1976/1994). Victor 17511 (78 RPM), Victor Military Band (1913).

See also listing at:
Hear Gustav Holst's orchestral setting [1][2]