Annotation:Gretna Green (1)
X: 1 T:Gretna Green [1]. VWMLa.193 R:Jig B:Anon. MS, late 18thC, Vaughan Williams Mem. Library A:England;Yorkshire Z:Village Music Project/efdss.Simon Wilson. Reviewed PJH 2008. M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Vwmla/Vwmla(12-4-16).abc K:D (a/g/)|d2d !turn!d>cd|B2g g2g|\ (fa).f f>ed|[ce][ce][ce] [c2e2](a/f/)| d2d !turn!d>cd|B2g g2g|.f(ag) (fg).e|d3 D2:| |:"P"(F/G/)|(AB).A (AF).A|[G2B2][GB] [G3B3]|\ [E2c2][Ec] [E3c3]|[F2d2][Fd] [F2d2]D| "^F"DFA FAd|Adf a2(a|b)gf edc|d3 D2:|
GRETNA GREEN [1]. AKA - "Grackney Green." English, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was entered into the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of biography:John Roose (Manchester, England) as "Grackney Green," but also appears in an anonymous latter-19th century Yorkshire collection as "Gretna Green." Gretna Green is a village in Scotland, just over the Border, and was, in former times, a prime destination for eloping English couples due to the more lenient marriage laws. See note for "annotation:English Bring to Gratney Green the Lasses that Hae Siller (The)" for more on Gretna Green.
