Annotation:Abraham Newland
X: 1 T: ABRAHAM NEWLAND C: %R: jig B: Elias Howe "The Musician's Companion" Part 3 1844 p.59 #1 S: http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Musician's_Companion_(Howe,_Elias) S: https://archive.org/stream/firstthirdpartof03howe/#page/66/mode/1up Z: 2015 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: 6/8 L: 1/8 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/EliasHowe/MusiciansCompanionP3-1844-V2.abc K: G % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |:\ B2B Bcd | e2e e3 | d2d d2B | d3 B3 |\ B3B Bcd | e2e e3 | def g2G | A3 G3 :| g2g f2f | e2e def | g2g f2d | e3 d3 |\ gbg faf | ege def | (g//a//b3/)g fed | e3 df"^D.C."c |] % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
ABRAHAM NEWLAND. AKA - "Abram Newland." English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Abraham Newland (c. 1730 – 1807) was the chief cashier at the Bank of England from 1782 to 1807, where he slept for 25 years even though he had a home. His signature on a bank note was required if the note were to be considered genuine and as a consequence an 'Abraham Newland' came to mean the bank note itself. When he resigned in 1807 he refused the offer of an annuity, but did accept a very expensive tea service of plate. He is also remembered for his self-penned epitaph:
Beneath this stone old Abraham lies;
Nobody laughs, and nobody cries.
Where he has gone, and how he fares,
Nobody knows and nobody cares.
