Annotation:Trip to Carlisle (1) (A)
X:2 T:Trip to Carlisle [1], A M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A A2c cfg|a>gf ecA|A2c cec|B>cB BGE| A2c cfg|a>gf b2a|gbg af^d|e3 E3:| |:E2(e e)dc|fga ecA|E2(e e)cA|GAB BGE| A2c cfg|agf edc|dfB ceA|dBG A3:| |:ecA fdB|ecA BGE|ecA fdB|fga ecA| ecA fdB|ecA BGE|fga ecA|dBG A3:||
TRIP TO CARLISLE, A. English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. "Trip to Carlisle" was first printed in London by music publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson in their Compleat Collection, vol. 2 (1765). The melody was entered by Northumbrian musician William Vickers into his large c. 1770 music manuscript collection.
