X:1
T:Cornhill Dance
M:4/4
L:1/8
B:Calvert Collection Page 12/13
N:Cornhill is a village in England, south of the Tweed, just across the
N:bridge from Coldstream
Z:P Whittaker
K:F
B | A>Fc>F d>Fc>F | A>F d/2c/2B/2A/2 BGGB | A>Fc>F d>Fc>F | {A}B2 GcAF [A,CF] ||
c | f>gag fdcf | {d}cdfa g>fga |1 f>gag fdcf | agfe f2 f :|2 a>gb>f g>df>c | {A}B2 GcAF [A,CF] ||
CORNHILL DANCE. English, Scottish; Country Dance Tune (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB'. The tune appears in a 1799 collection by Thomas Calvert, a musician from Kelso, Scotland, in the Borders region. A note with the collection states that Calvert supplied "a variety of music and instruments, instruments lent out, tun'd and repaired."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Thomas Calvert (A Collection of Marches & Quick Steps, Strathspeys & Reels), 1799; pp. 12-13.
