X: 1
T:Trip to Brighthelmstone. Ru2.001, A
T:Trip to Brighton [1]
L:1/8
B:RUTHERFORD Complete Collection of 200 Country Dances Vol.2; 1759.
Z:vmp.Mike Hicken 2015 www.village-music-project.org.uk
M:C|
Q:1/4=100
K:G
(G/A/B/c/ d)g dBGB|cABG F D2F|EC2E cE-Ec|(B/c/d) DF G2G2 :|
|: gd2g bddB|fc2f accA|BGcA dBge|f/g/a Ac d2d2|
gd2g bBBd|cA2c aAAc|BGcA dBgc (B/c/d) DF G2G2 :|
W:
W: Right hands across .| left back again :| cross
W: over two Cu: lead to the top and cast off .|.
W: Hands round with the 3d Cu: right and left at
W: top .|
TRIP TO BRIGHTON [1]. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody appears in print in London music publisher David Rutherford’s Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1760, No. 1, p. 1) as “Trip to Brighthelmstone” (the original name of Brighton, Sussex, given by the Anglo-Saxons).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 51.
