Annotation:Northumberland Lady
X:1 T:Northumberland Lady, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gmin A|BdB AcA|BGG G2A|BeB AcB|AFF F2A| BdB ABA|G2g f2e|dcB AcA|BGG G2|| A|B2fdB|fdB fdB|c2e gec|gec gec| B2d fdB|d2g f2e|dcB AcA|BGG G2 ||
NORTHUMBERLAND LADY, THE. AKA and see "All Alive (1)," "Breeches Loose (2)," "Breeches Maker (The)," "I'll never gan to the dark cellar ne mair." English, Jig (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. As "Breeches Loose (2)" the jig was printed by London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson in the mid-18th century, and later entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript (tune No. 177) of William Winter, a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England. The melody appears in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers [1]. A nearly identical version was entered by Northumbrian musician John Bell (1783-1864) into his c. 1812 music manuscript as "I'll never gan to the dark cellar ne mair."
