Annotation:Dark Girl Dressed in Blue (1) (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
DARK GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE [1], THE. English, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Printed song versions date to about 1855. Actor Jack Warner (1896-1981) who got his start in Music Hall and radio (later with a long run in the BBC series "Dixon of Dock Green") was said to have used this tune as his theme song. It's a humorous piece that tells of a chance meeting of the Dark Girl, who asks him to get change for her for a five pound note. The money is, of course, counterfeit, and she disappears, leaving the protagonist to explain himself to the law.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 148.
Recorded sources: Wild Goose WGS 320, Old Swan Band - "Swan-Upmanship" (2004).