Clow Bang

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Theme code Index	5533 3322
Also known as	Clow Bang, Tip Top Polka
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	Morris
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Polka
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	England/North West"England/North West" 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	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Wade
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Mally's North West Morris Book
Tune and/or Page number	p. 31
Year of publication/Date of MS	1988
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CLOW BANK. AKA - "Tip Top Polka." English, North-West Morris Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Tune for a polka step dance and is employed by the dancers of the Pennine town of Bacup, Lancashire. The melody has been attributed to Moravian composer, conductor and impresario Max Maretzek (1821-1897), composed about 1850, and published by Edward L. Walker of Philadelphia.

Printed source: Wade (Mally's North West Morris Book), 1988; p. 31.

X: 1
T: Tip Top Polka
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Z: 2009 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
F: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6450
F: http/www.lesession.co.uk/music/UmfFaqSessionTunes.abc
N: Also played lower in D
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/England/polka/BacupCoconutTune_G.abc	 
K: G
|: Bc \
| "G"d2d2 "D7"dedc |  "G"B2B2     B2GA |  "G"B2B2     B2d2 | "D7"AGFG A2AB |
| "C"c2c2     cdcB | "Am"A2A2 "D7"A3G  | "D7"FGAB     cdef |  "G"g2g2 g2  :|
|: ef \
| "C"g2e2 edef | "G"g2d2 d2GA |  "G"B2B2     A2G2 | "D7"e2d2 d2ef |
| "C"g2e2 edef | "G"g2d2 d2G2 | "Am"FGAB "D7"cdef |  "G"g2g2 g2  :|