Annotation:Stable Call (The)
X: 1 T:Stable Call,The. GS.062 M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:3/4=50 S:George Spencer m/s, Leeds,1831 R:.Fanfare O:England A:Leeds H:1831 Z:vmp.Cherri Graebe K:G major G2GGGG | B2G2B2 | d2 dddd | d2B2d2 |! g2gggg | g2d2B2 | G2 GGGG | G4 "1"d2 :|! |:g2 gggg | g4 bg | a2 dddd | e6 |! a2 aaaa | a4 c'a | b2 gggg | g4 z2 |! G2 GGGG | B2G2B2 | d2 dddd | d2B2d2 |! g2 gggg | g2d2B2 | G2 GGGG | G4 :|
STABLE CALL, THE. AKA and see "Scotch Gray's March (The)." English, Irish; March (3/4, 6/8 or whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune, probably originally based on a military bugle call, is contained in the c. 1909 music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster. Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor considered that the tune was originally in 4/4 time, although it had been altered to 6/8 time and the key changed in the ms. Conor Ward finds the tune in the music manuscript collections of George Spencer (Leeds, c. 1831), James Winder (as "Scotch Gray's March", Lancashire, c. 1835-41) and Patrick O'Farrell (c. 1870's), set in 3/4, 6/8 and
