Annotation:Yorkshireman in London (The)
X:1 T:Yorkshireman in London, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Joshua Gibbons mss (1823-26) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g|dcBA GF G2|GdBd GdBd|dcBA GFGf|gfed ef g2| fbfb fbbg|fafa faaf|fbfb fbba|gfed ef g2||
YORKSHIREMAN IN LONDON, THE. English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Originally set in the key of ‘G’ in Gibbons’ mss. The are some similarities to "Because He was a Bonny Lad." There were songs called "A Yorkshireman in London." One was printed a volume called A Garland of New Songs, printed by J. Marshall in the Old Flesh-Market, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, c. 1810, that begins:
When first in London I arriv'd
On a visit, on a visit;
When first in London I arriv'd
'Midst heavy rain and thunder,
I 'spied a bonny lass in green,
The bonniest lass I ever seen,
I'd oft heard tell of a beauteous queen,
Dash me, thinks I, I've found her.
Another, dating to c. 1806, was written by Mr. John Major, was called "The Yorkshireman in London: or, Humphrey Hobnail's return from the Play," which was "sung by Mr. Emery, with unbounded applause, at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden."
