Barham Down (1)
X:1 T:Barham Down [1] M:3/2 L:1/8 R:Triple Hornpipe B:Playford - Dancing Master, 11th edition (London, 1701) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A2 GF E2D2A2d2|A2 GF G2A2E4|A2 GF E2D2A2c2| d2 (ef) (gf)(ed) d4::a2f2d2 a2f2d2|g2B2e2B2 c4| c2 (cB) (AG)(FE) (FG)(AF)|B2 (cd) (cd)(ec) d4:|]
BARHAM DOWN [1]. English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 or 3/2 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Barham Downs, Kent, lie just to the north of the village of Barham, estabished in Saxon times. The tune was originally published in Henry Playford's Dancing Master [1] (11th edition, 1701), and continued to appear in the long running series until the end, with the 18th edition in 1728 (published at that time by John Young).
Printed source: Barlow (Complete Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 413, p. 96. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1989.
Recorded source: Varrick C-VR-013, Bare Necessities - "English Country Dances" (1987).
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