Annotation:Buff and Blue (2)

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BUFF AND THE BLUE [2], THE. AKA and see "Childgrove," "Sic a Wife as Willie had (2)," "Stick the Minister." English, Reel (cut time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The name "Buff and Blue" would seem to have political associations[1], but the tune has a long history, both in Northumberland and the rest of England. Versions appear in the music manuscripts of Northumbrian musicians Henry Atkinson (1694-95) and William Vickers (1770) under the title "Sic a Wife as Willie had (2)," while as "Childgrove" it was published by Henry Playford in London in his Dancing Master, 11th edition (1701).


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Printed sources : - Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; p. 10. Neil (The Scots Fiddle, vol. 2: Tunes, Tales & Traditions of the Lothians, Borders & Ayrshire). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 179.






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