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Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English, Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm
March/Marche
Key/Tonic of
Accidental
Mode
Time signature
History
ENGLAND(North East)
Structure
AA'BA'
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Douglas Kennedy
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Community Dances Manual 5
Tune and/or Page number
p. 5
Year of publication/Date of MS
1957
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
BLAYDON RACES . English, March. The melody alternated with "The British Grenadiers" as the march-past of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.
X:1
T: Blaydon Races
C:
B:Community Dances Manual 5, pub. by the English Folk Dance and Song Society, 1957
M:6/8
K:G
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"D7"A2A A2A|"G"B3G2G|"C"c2cc2c|"G"B2Bd2d|"D7"d2cB2A|"G"G3B2c||
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