Annotation:Oswestry Wake

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OSWESTRY WAKE. AKA and see "Gwylnos Croesoswallt." English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The tune and country dance directions ("Longways for as many as will") were first published in John Young's third edition of The Second Book of the Dancing Master [1] (London, 1718), and in Walshy & Hare's Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (London, 1719). There is a Welsh dance to the tune called Dawns Croesoswallt, published in Eddie Jones' Dawnsie Twmpath.

Oswestry Wake was the celebration of the Feast of Dedication (Assumption of the Virgin Mary), the 15th of August.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 74. Hamilton (Blodau'r Grug: 100 Popular Welsh Folk Dance Tunes), 1992; No. 27, p. 17 (as "Gwylnos Croesoswallt").

Recorded sources: Spiers & Boden - "Through and Through."

See also listing at:
See/hear Spiers & Boden play the tune on youtube.com [2] [3]



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