Chelmsford Races

X:1 T:Chelmsford Races M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Edward Riley – “Riley Flute Melodies vol. 2” (New York, 1817, No. 121, p. 37) F: https://archive.org/details/flutemelodies0000rile/page/36/mode/2up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|G2G GFG|A2A d2d|B2B G2G|FGA DEF| G2G GFG|A2A d2d|ced cBA|G2G G2:| |:d|dcd Bcd|e2 e e3|fef def|g2g g3| dcd Bcd|e2f gfe|ded cBA|G2G G2:|

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X:233 T:Chelmsford Races. Roose.0233 B:J.Roose MS, Manchester 1850 Z:Village Music Project 2019 Quinton Cumbes M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=100 K:Bb F|B2B BAB|c2c f2f|d2d B2B|ABc FGA| B2B BAB|c2c f2f|egf edc|B2B B2:| |:f|fef def|g2g g3|aga fga|b2b b3| fef def|g2a bag|fgf edc|B2B B2:|

X: 1 T: Chelmsford Races R: jig M: 6/8 L: 1/8 Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> B: 19th century tune book collected by W.A. Cocks. F: http://www.asaplive.com/archive/browse_by_collection.asp N: The asaplive.com web site is complex, and links to its files don't usually work. F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/FARNE/FARNE_Anonymous1.abc K: A [EA,] |\ A2A AGA | B2B e2e | cec A2A | GAB EFG | A2A AGA | B2B e2c | dfe dcB | A2A A2 :| |: c |\ efe cde | f2f f3 | gfg efg | a2a a3 | efe cde | f2g agf | efe dcB | A2A A2 :|

X:1 T:Chelmsford Races M:6/8 L:1/8 N:You'll notice the similarity with "Hullichan Jig" in the B part though its N:not quite the same. The tune is in the Thomas Hardy collection, though N:seemingly unknown in its native Chelmsford-a fact I am trying to remedy. Z:Roger Digby K:G %Transposed from Bb D|"G"G2G GFG|"D"A2A d2d|"G"B2B G2G|"D"FGA DEF| "G"G2G GFG|"D"A2A d2d|"C"ced "D"cBA|"G"G2G G2:| |:d|"G"dcd Bcd|"C"e2e e3|"D"fef def|"G"g2g g3| "G"dcd Bcd|"C"e2f gfe|"G"ded "D7"cBA|"G"G2G G2:||