Annotation:Whittingham Green Lane
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WHITTINGHAM GREEN LANE. English, Waltz (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was in the repertory of Northumbrian smallpipe player and maker Jack Armstrong (1904-1978). According to the notes to Peter Kennedy's FTX-122, a collection of bagpiping and whistle-playing recorded in 1954, the tune was composed by harpist Alice Ellis.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Northumbrian Pipers Tune Book, vol. 1, 1936. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 135.
Recorded sources: Folktrax FTX-122, Jack Armstrong - "Border Fray: Northumbrian Pipes and Whistle" (1954).