Annotation:Hexham Lasses
X:1 T:Hexham Lasses M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D DAAG FGAF|DAAG ECCE|DAAG FGAc|BGAF ECCE:| |:d2 fd fdfd|A2 fd ecce|d2 fd fdfd|fagf ecce:|]
HEXHAM LASSES. AKA and see "Willie is a Wanting Wag." English, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers [1], and the c. 1812 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician John Bell [2] (1783-1864). Researcher Matt Seattle beleives it may be related in the first strain to the Scottish reel "Bedding of the Bride (1)" (Bean na bàinnse).
