Barley Cake (1)

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Theme code Index	3235 5226L
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	England/North East"England/North East" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Vickers
Book/Manuscript title	Book:William Vickers' manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 298
Year of publication/Date of MS	1770
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BARLEY CAKE [1]. English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune (of which Vickers' is a version) appears in John Walsh's Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing Master (3rd Edition), published in London in 1735 (reissued in 1749); and in John Johnson's Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1744). It also appears in a few musicians manuscript collections, including William Vickers' (Northumberland, 1770), Walter Rainstorp (Cheapside, London, 1747), and Thomas Hammersley (London, 1790).

Printed source: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 298.

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