Beatrice Hill's Three Handed Reel

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Theme code Index	6555 7662H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Michael Raven
Book/Manuscript title	Book:English Country Dance Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	p. 157
Year of publication/Date of MS	1984
Artist	Biography:Grand Union Morris
Title of recording	Can't Get the Buggers Out
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded	1999
Media
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BEATRICE HILL'S THREE HANDED REEL. English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is sourced to melodeon player Beatrice Hill, of Bromsberrow Heath, Forest of Dean, Worcestershire, who recorded it in 1952 for collector Russell Wortley. Hill's father was the village publican and was 'King', or leader, of the Bromsberrow Heath Morris Dancers. The tune was also in the repertoire of East Anglia hammered dulcimer player Walter Geary (Norfolk) and harmonica player Dennis Crowther (south Shropshire), and has even surfaced in folk tradition in Australia, played by fiddler Charlie Bachelor as a schottische. It is also known by the title "Late Kelly's Wake" in Australia.

Printed sources: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 28. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 157.

Recorded sources: EFDSS CD13, Old Swan Band - "Hardcore English" (2007. Various artists). Music Club, "Traditional Morris Dance Music Album" (1998. Various artists). Wild Goose WGS 320, Old Swan Band - "Swan-Upmanship" (2004). Grand Union Morris - "Can't Get the Buggers Out" (1999).

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