X:53
C:Page 27
T:Bonny Cumberland. MBe.53
A:England;Cumbria;Towcett
B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815
Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
R:
N:At the foot of the page is written, in a similar hand, "Matthew Bethams Book 1815" and someone has
N:added in a different hand (in an attempt at clarifying the date?) "? 1815"
N:NB-As written, the A part has only 7 bars. I have added this 7th bar, to make the A part 4 bars repeated.
N:Key sig as in MS, though C# implied in B part
K:G
AD "^Key sig as in MS"FD|AD Fd|AD FD|EFGB|AD FD|AD Fd|"^NB-bar added"AD FD|EFGB:|
|:D2 dd|e/f/e/d/ cd|D2 dd|B/F/D EF|D2 dd|e/f/e/d/ cd|f/e/d/c/ dA|FDEF:|
BONNY CUMBERLAND. English, Reel (2/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first strain is similar to Bremner's "Maggy's Weame is Fu I Trow" as well as other tunes; it is a fairly common melodic and harmonic fiddle tune motif.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - John Offord (Bonny Cumberland), 2018; p. 1.
