Annotation:Barley Cake (1)

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BARLEY CAKE [1]. English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune (of which Vickers' is a version) appears in John Walsh's Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing Master (3rd Edition), published in London in 1735 (reissued in 1749); and in John Johnson's Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1744). It also appears in a few musicians manuscript collections, including William Vickers' (Northumberland, 1770), Walter Rainstorp (Cheapside, London, 1747), and Thomas Hammersley (London, 1790), and in David Young's MacFarlane Manuscript (c. 1740, p. 287).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 298.

Recorded sources:

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