Annotation:Wittle Dean
X: 1 T: WITTLE DEAN R: reel B: K\"ohler's Violin Repository, v.2, 1885 p.147 #4 F: http://www.archive.org/details/klersviolinrepos02rugg Z: 2012 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: C| L: 1/8 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/Kohlers/Kohlers2.abc K: A u((3EFG) |(Ac)EG (Ac)ec | (df)Bc (de)fg | agag fedc | BAGF EdcB | (Ac)EG (Ac)ec | (df)Bc (de)fg | agae (fd)BG | A2c2 A2 :| |: u((3efg) |a2(ec) Acea | gbge Bega | gbge (f/g/a) f^d | (e^d)ef e=dcB | (Ac)EG (Ac)ec | (df)Bc (de)fg | agae (fd)BG | A2c2 A2 :|
WITTLE DEAN. AKA - "Whittle Dean." English, Hornpipe (whole or part time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The hornpipe is a member of the family of hornpipes that includes “Friendly Visit (The)”. See also the related first strain of “Walsh's Hornpipe.”
Whittle Dean was, according to MacKenzie in 1825[1], "a deep woody dell which stretches southwards and joins the Tyne east of Ovington. The waters of this dean (peculiarly soft and clear) are the most celebrated in the north of England for whitening linen cloth.” It is west of Newcastle, Northumberland, where water reservoirs were constructed in the mid-19th century to supply Newcastle and Gateshead with water. Whittle Dene is locally held to be a favorite haunt of the fairy folk.
- ↑ quoted in T.H. Rowland, Waters of Tyne.