Annotation:Brass Nuts

Back to Brass Nuts

---

BRASS NUTS. AKA - "The Grand Old Duke of York." English, Country Dance, March. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCA. It may be supposed the old Duke had them, however the tune is "Grand Old Duke of York" here associated with (and taking its name from) the country dance Brass Nuts.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; p. 26 (appears as "The Grand Old Duke of York"). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 149.

Recorded sources:

---