Annotation:Sherwood Rangers

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X: 1 T:Merry Sherwood Rangers, aka TS.164 T:Durham Rangers,aka TS.164 M:C L:1/8 Q:1/2=90 B:Thomas Sands' MS,1810,Lincolnshire R:.hornpipe O:England;Lincolnshire Z:vmp.Ruairidh Greig, 2011 F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Sands/Sands%20MS(12-4-16).abc K:D FG|ABAFD2de|fgfe d2Bc|dedB ABAF|G2E2E2FG| ABAFD2de|fgef d2Bc|dedB ABAG|F2D2D2:| |:de|fefg afdf|gfed ceAc|dfaf g2bg|f2af g2ee| defg abaf|gfed ceAc|dedB ABAG|F2D2D2:|]


SHERWOOD RANGERS. AKA and see “Duran Rangers,” "Durham Rangers" and "Merry Sherwood Rangers." Scottish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Kerr): AA’B (Martin). "Sherwood Rangers" (often as "Merry Sherwood Rangers") was included in several musicians' manuscript collections from the northern counties of England, including the copybooks of Thomas Sands ( ) and William Barty (Northumberland, c. 1850).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; No. 9, p. 43. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; p. 15.

Recorded sources: - Fife Strathspey and Reel Society – “The Fiddle Sounds of Fife” (1980). The Albion Band - "The Prospect Before Us" (as “Merry Sherwood Rangers”).


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