Annotation:Cross Morris
X:1 % T:Cross Morris M:2/4 L:1/8 N:Lancashire Processional Morris N:Moston Rush-cart Version B:Gilchrist - Journal of the English Folk Dance Society No. 1 (1927, p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F c/>B/ (3A/G/F/ c/>B/ (3A/G/F/|c/>B/ (3A/G/F/ df:|c/>B/ (3A/G/F/ c/>B/ (3A/G/F/|c/>B/ (3A/G/F/ df| c/>B/ (3A/G/F/ df|c/>B/ (3A/G/F/ df|c/>d/e/>f/ g/>f/e/>d/|c/>d/e/>c/ ff||
CROSS MORRIS. English, Morris Dance Processional (2/4 time). England, Lancashire. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Folk dance and music collector Anne Gilchrist collected this tune from the playing of Lancashire musicians in the early 20th century and published it in her article "The Lancashire Rush-Cart and Morris-Dance" (Journal of the English Folk Dance Society, No. 1, 1927, pp. 17-), with a quote from Elijah Ridings (1802-):
The Village Festival
Behold the rush-cart and the throng
Of lads and lasses pass along!
Now watch the nimble morris-dancers,
Those blithe, fantastic antic prancers...
All young fellows, blithe and hearty,
Thirty couples in the party...
Now strike up music; the old tune;
And louder, quicker, old bassoon;
Come bustle, lads, for one dance more,
And then cross-morris three times o'er...