Balquhidder Lasses

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Theme code Index	3b113b 551H5
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Morris
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	4/4
History	ENGLAND(North West)
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Nan Fleming-Williams & Pat Shaw
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Popular Selection of Traditional Dance Airs Book 2 (A)
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Canterbury Dance Orchestra
Title of recording	Mistwold
Record label/Catalogue nr.	F&W Records 5
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

BALQUHIDDER LASSES. English, Country or Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Northwest. E Minor. Standard tuning. ABCD. The tune was originally collected by Alfred Moffet, according to the EFDSS publication. The tune is used for a polka step dance in the Northwest England morris dance tradition. There is some resemblance of this tune and the 'B' part of "Johnny Cope." The Ian Campbell Folk Group used the tune for a song called "The Canny Miner."

Printed sources: Fleming-Williams & Shaw (A Popular Selection of Traditional Dance Airs, Book 2). Wade (Mally's North West Morris Book), 1988; pg. 11.

Recorded sources: F&W Records 5, Canterbury Dance Orchestra--"Mistwold."

X:1
T:Balquidder Lasses
D:Swarbrick, Ceilidh Album
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Edor
BA | G2 E2 EFGA  | B2 B2 e2 B2 | d2 A2 ABAF | DEFG A2 
BA | G2 E2 EFGA  | B2 B2 e2 B2 | d2 A2 BAGF | E6 :|
B2 | e^def e2 B2 | efgf  e2 Bc | d2 d2 dAFA | DEFG A2 
B2 | e^def e2 B2 | efgf  e2 Bc | d2 A2 BAGF | E6      
B2 | e^def e2 B2 | efgf  e2 Bc | d2 d2 dAFA | DEFG A2 
BA | G2 FG EFGA  | B2 B2 e4    | d2 A2 BAGF | E6 |]

X:2
T:Balquhidder Lasses - 1st part
S:Jim Coon, internet
Z:Nigel Gatherer
N:Slightly modified by Erich Marschner, to reflect how I learned it.
N:Learned from Tom Benoit of the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps (http://www.ogfdc.org/index.php).
N:As played by the Musick (fifes and drums) of the 1st Maryland Regiment, ca. 1975
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Edor
BA | G2 FG EFGA  | B2 B2 e3 e  | d2 A2 ABAG | DEFG A2 |
BA | G2 FG EFGA  | B2 B2 e3 e  | d2 A2 BAGF | E6      :|
B2 | e2 ef e2 B2 | efgf  e2 Bc | d2 de dAFA | DEFG A2  |
B2 | e2 ef e2 B2 | efgf  e2 Bc | d2 A2 BAGF | E6       |
B2 | e2 ef e2 B2 | efgf  e2 Bc | d2 de dAFA | DEFG A2  |
BA | G2 FG EFGA  | B2 B2 e3 e  | d2 A2 BAGF | E6      |]

X:3
T:Balquhidder Lasses - 2nd Part
S:Jim Coon, internet
Z:Erich Marschner
N:As played by the Musick (fifes and drums) of the 1st Maryland Regiment, ca. 1975
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Edor
GF | E2 B,2 E2 EF | GAGE G3 G | F2 F4     (D2 | D)CDE F2 |
GF | E2 B,2 E2 EF | G4 GBAG | FD A,D E2 B,2 | E6 :|
EF | GABA G2 F(G/2A/2) | G2 E4  DE | FGAG F2 (D2 | D2) DEF2 |
BA | GABA G2 F(G/2A/2) | G2 E4  EG | FD A,D E2 B,2 | E6 |
EF | GABA G2 F(G/2A/2) | G2 E4  DE | FGAG F2 (D2 | D2) DEF2 |
GF | E2 B,2 E2 EF | G4 GBAG | FD A,D E2 B,2 | E6 |]