Annotation:Castle Rag Hornpipe (The)

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CASTLE RAG HORNPIPE, THE. English, Hornpipe. England, Shropshire. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Similar to "The Cliff Hornpipe." A 'castle rag' is cant for a 'flag', but was also a slang term for a fourpence.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman].

Printed sources : - Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 103a, p. 41.

Recorded sources: -



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