Annotation:Goathland Square Eight (The)
X: 1 % T: Goathland Square Eight (A) O: Cecil Sharp Mss Z: 2004 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: 4/4 L: 1/8 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/Intl/reel/GoathlandSquareEight_A.abc K: A |: E2 \ | "A"A2Ac e2c2 | "A"a2e2 c2A2 | "Bm"d2Bc d2(3cdc | "E7"B2A2 G2E2| "A"A2cc e2c2 | "A"a2e2 c2A2 | "Bm"B2Bc d2fd | "E7"B2G2 "A"A2 :| |: E2 \ | "A"A2aa a2ag | "D"f2ff f2fe | "Bm"d2b2 b2ba | "E"g2e2 e2fg | "Fm"a2f2 "B7"f2ba | "E"g2e2 "A"e2a2 | "B7"f2^d2 "E7"B2e=d | "A"c2A2 A2 :|
GOATHLAND SQUARE EIGHT, THE. English, Barn Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Goathland is a village in North Yorkshire Moor, northeast England, whose name was derived from the Scandinavian "Goda’s Land". Phillip Heath-Coleman [1] indicates the tune is one of a family of tunes used for dancing and perhaps as the vehicle for songs the includes "Careless Sally" (Lawrence Leadley/John Rook), "Shepton Mallet Hornpipe," and "Henry Sturch's Cuckoo's Nest." Resemblances are most notable in the second strain.
Other tunes are sometimes played for the dance figures Goathland Square Eight.