Annotation:Melancholy Martin
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MELANCHOLY MARTIN. English, Country Dance Tune (9/8 time): Irish, Slip Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Sharp): AABB (Karpeles, Kennedy, Levey, O'Neill, Raven). Published before 1730. "This tune can be used as an alternative accompaniment to the Hey in the Flamborough Sword Dance" says English collector Maude Karpeles.
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Printed sources: Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 27. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 45, p. 11. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 66, p. 29. O'Neill (Music of Ireland), 1903; No. 1154. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 84. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 26. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 61.
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