Annotation:Sussex Polka (2)
X: 1 T:Sussex Polka [2],aka. JMP.026 M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=80 C:"27" B:John Miller MS. Perth, 1799.(for the fife) A:Perth N:Quick Step in Walsh MS(1800), H:1799 Z:Village Music Project, C. Graebe F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Miller/MILLER(12-4-2016).ABC K:G Major G/A/ | BB B/d/c/e/ | dGGG | G/A/B A/B/c | e/d/c/B/ AG/A/ | BB B/d/c/e/| dG G g/f/ | (e/d/)(c/B/) (c/B/)(A/G/) | A2 G :| |:B/c/ | ddd e/f/ | gdd e/f/ | (g/f/)(e/d/) (e/d/)(c/B/) |(c/B/)(A/G/) A G/A/ | BB B/d/c/e/ | dG G g/f/ |(e/d/)(c/B/) (c/B/)(A/G/) | A2 G :|
SUSSEX POLKA [2]. AKA - William Aylmore’s Polka
English, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears as an untitled tune from the 1796-1818 manuscript collection of William Aylmore, a clarinetist from West Wittering, and from the Welch Family Manuscript (Bosham, Sussex). The Aylmore manuscript is held in the archives of the Sussex Archaeological Society, Barbican House, Lewes, as part of the MacDermott collection of Sussex Music.
"Sussex Polka [2]" was also printed in Vic Gammon's Sussex Tune Book (No. 52. OOP).
