BREAD AND CHEESE. English, Reel. England, northern counties. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune also appears in the 1790 music manuscript collection (p. 32) of London musician Thomas Hammersley, and the large 1840 music manuscript of multi-instrumentalist John Rook of Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria. There are other, unrelated, country dance tunes with the same title.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Northumbrian musician William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection [Seattle]; the large 1840 music manuscript collection of John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria) [Offord].
Printed sources : - John Offord (Bonny Cumberland), 2018; p. 38. Seattle (Great Northern Tune Book/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 279.
