Annotation:All the gray meal's gone
X:1 T:All the gray meal's gone N:From the John Smith music manuscript collection, c. 1752, now N:lost. 20 tunes from it, including this one, were copied by John Stokoe. M:3/2 L:1/8 R:Jig O:Northumberland B:http://www.farnearchive.com/show_images.asp?id=R1113001&image=1 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Dmix A2D2F2 A2D2B2|A3GF2 E2C2E2:||:(dc)(BA) F2 A2 (Bc)(dc)|(dc)(BA) F2 E2C2E2:| |:d4 g2 f2d2g2|f2d2f2 e2d2e2:||:fgaf g2 efgf b2|efgf a2 efgeg2:| |:fg a2 a2 a4g2|Tf3ed2 e2d2c2|d3cB2 A2G2F2|G3AG2 E2C2E2:| |:dcBA F2 dcBA D2|dcBA F2 dcBA E2|dcBA F2 dcBA D2|dcBA F2 dcBA E2| dcBA F2 dcBA D2|dcBA F2 dcBA E2|dcBcdc dcBAGF|G3A G2 E2C2E2:| |:D2F2A2 D2F2d2|D2F2A2 E2C2E2|DEFGAF D4 c2|A3G F2 E2C2E2| D2F2A2 D2F2A2|D2F2A2 E2C2E2|DEFGAF D4c2|A4G F2 E2C2E2:|]
ALL THE GRAY MEAL'S GONE. English, Jig (3/2 or 6/8 time). England, Northumberland. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFFGG. "All the gray meal's gone" was originally entered into the c. 1752 music manuscript of Northumbrian musician John Smith. John Stokoe obtained the ms. in the latter 19th century from Lewis Proudlock of Longhorsley, Morpeth, who had received the book around 1881 from a Mr. Fish of Angerton, who had bought it at a farm sale amongst some old books. Unfortunately, Smith's manuscript collection is now lost, save for 20 tunes that Stokoe copied from it, including the earliest copy extent of "Keel Row." Stokoe's copy was retained by the Melodies Committee of the Newcastle Antiquarian Society, which compiled local Newcastle tunes from 1857-1887.
