Annotation:Bonny Green Garters (2)
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BONNY GREEN GARTERS [2]. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. This version is from the village of Bampton, Oxfordshire, in England's Cotswolds and was used as a morris dancers' processional off the site of the dance at the end of a performance. It is commonly played preceding a tune from the village of Headington. The melody also forms the first strain of "Conlon's Jig (1)" and "Pat's Parlour," the latter published by James S. Kerr in the 1880's.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; p. 50. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book, vol. 2), 1988; No. 59, p. 28.
Recorded sources: Veteran VT111, Francis Shergold - "Greeny Up" (1988. Recorded from Bampton morris musicians).
