Annotation:Old Morpeth Rant

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OLD MORPETH RANT. English, Reel or Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A version of the well-known Northumberland tune "Morpeth Rant (1)," different especially in second strain. The 'rant' of the title refers to a dance step. See note for "Annotation:Morpeth Rant (1)" and "Annotation:Morpeth Rant (2)" for more.

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Recorded sources: Park Records PRKCD 42, Kathryn Tickell - "The Northumberland Collection" (learned from a relative, Henry Robson).

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