Clow Bang

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Theme code Index	5533 3322
Also known as	Clow Bang, Tip Top Polka
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	Morris
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Polka
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	ENGLAND(North West)
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Wade
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Mally's North West Morris Book
Tune and/or Page number	p. 31
Year of publication/Date of MS	1988
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CLOW BANK. AKA - "Tip Top Polka." English, North-West Morris Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Tune for a polka step dance and is employed by the dancers of the Pennine town of Bacup, Lancashire. The melody has been attributed to Moravian composer, conductor and impresario Max Maretzek (1821-1897), composed about 1850, and published by Edward L. Walker of Philadelphia.

Printed source: Wade (Mally's North West Morris Book), 1988; p. 31.

X: 1
T: Tip Top Polka
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Z: 2009 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
F: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6450
F: http/www.lesession.co.uk/music/UmfFaqSessionTunes.abc
N: Also played lower in D
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/England/polka/BacupCoconutTune_G.abc	 
K: G
|: Bc \
| "G"d2d2 "D7"dedc |  "G"B2B2     B2GA |  "G"B2B2     B2d2 | "D7"AGFG A2AB |
| "C"c2c2     cdcB | "Am"A2A2 "D7"A3G  | "D7"FGAB     cdef |  "G"g2g2 g2  :|
|: ef \
| "C"g2e2 edef | "G"g2d2 d2GA |  "G"B2B2     A2G2 | "D7"e2d2 d2ef |
| "C"g2e2 edef | "G"g2d2 d2G2 | "Am"FGAB "D7"cdef |  "G"g2g2 g2  :|