Cock and the Bull (The)

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 Theme code Index    5331 54H72H
 Also known as    Cock and Bull
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English, Northumbrian/Borders
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Vickers
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:William Vickers' music manuscript collection
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 311
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1987
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COCK AND THE BULL, THE. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune [1] appears in the 1770 music manuscript collection of William Vickers, a Northumbrian musician about whom very little is known. It also appears in several publications by London publisher John Walsh, including Caledonian Country Dances and The Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing Master (editions of 1735 and 1749), under the title "Cock and Bull".

Printed source: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 311. 

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