Barrington Polka

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Theme code Index	51H54 4721H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Robert Whinham
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	England/North East"England/North East" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABBCC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Graham Dixon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Remember Me
Tune and/or Page number	p. 42
Year of publication/Date of MS	1995
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BARRINGTON POLKA. English, Polka. England, Northumberland. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Composed by musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler Robert Whinham (1814-1893), originally from Morpeth. Dixon (1995) notes that Barrington Colliery was in the area of Ashington, Northumberland.

Source for notated version: the 19th century R. Davidson manuscript, in the Beamish Museum [Dixon].

Printed source: Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; p. 42.

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