Annotation:Ribbon Dance (The)

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RIBBON DANCE. English, Country and Morris Dance Tune (2/2 or 4/4 time). England, North-West. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Wade): ABB (Karpeles, Raven, Sharp). The tune is used for a polka step in the North-West (England) morris dance tradition, however, the Ribbon Dance itself is not a morris dance but rather an English country dance, performed with a length of cloth or Ribbon. The Ribbon Dance can also refer to a Maypole dance. Cecil Sharp collected the tune "Ribbon Dance" from the playing of concertinist and morris dancer William Kimber, who played for both the Headington and Bampton morris sides in the early 20th century.

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Printed sources : - Burchanel (Dances of the People), 1913; pp. 12-14. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 1. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 76. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 2. Wade (Mally’s North West Morris Book), 1988; p. 19.

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