Annotation:Lemmie Brazil's No. 2

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LEMMIE BRAZIL'S NO. 2. English; Schottische, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Learned from Gloucestershire traveller Lemmie (Lementina) Brazil (b. circa 1890) and her family [1]. There are a total of 16 known Lemmie Brazil (pronounced 'brazzle') tunes, all of which can be found in Charles Menteith and Paul Burgess's The Coleford Jig: Traditional Tunes from Goucestershire (2004) collection, where this tune is referred to as a 'Tap Dance'. Lemmie sang and played harmonica and melodeon. See the related "Bristol Hornpipe (The)" (whose first strain is similar to the second strain of 'Brazil's No. 2').

Source for notated version: Lemmie Brazil (Gloucester), recorded by Gwilym Davies in 1977 and 1981 [Callaghan].

Printed sources: Callaghan (Hardcord English), 2007; p. 88.

Recorded sources: Carlton Sounds 30360 00242, The English Country Dance Band (1996). FSCD54, Aardvark Ceilidh Band - "The Pleasures of the Town" (2000). Old Hat Music OH!02, "Old Hat Dance Band" (1992).

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