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CAMBO MARCH, THE. English, March. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFF. Composed by musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler Robert Whinham (1814-1893), originally from Morpeth. Dixon (1995) explains that Cambo is an estate village associated with nearby Wallington Hall, on of the 'Great Houses' of Northumberland.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - the S.P. Liddell manuscript, dated 1879, along with a reconstruction of piper Billy Pigg's version by Colin Ross [Dixon].
Printed sources : - Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; p. 41.
Recorded sources : - Border Keep BK15, Neil Smith - "The Legendary Neil Smith." East Allen Recording EAR016-2, Keith Davidson & Neil Allen - "Big Men -- Small Pipes" (1995). Topic 12TS283, Ned Pearson - "Holey Ha'Penny." Topic TSCD 669, Ned Pearson (et al) - "Ranting and Reeling: Dance Music of the north of England" (1998. Fiddler Pearson was born c. 1875 at Cambo, near Morpeth, Northumberland).
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