Cheshire Rounds (1)

X:178 T:Cheshire Round [1],aka. HA.177 M:3/2 L:1/8 Q:1/2=100 S:Henry Atkinson’s original MS,Hartburn,N’umberland,1694. O:England A:Hartburn,Northumberland N:Version of a tune commonly known as “Cheshire Round”. cfr Playford DM N:eds 11(1701)+..NBr H:1/8 Z:vmp.Neil Brookes, Jan.2004 K:D Tf2(ef) (gf)(ed) (fg)a2|c’2e4d2c2A2|f2(ef) (gf)(ed) (fg)a2|A2d4A2F2D2:| |:TB2(AB) (cB)(AG)F4|E2e4d2c2A2|B2(AB) (cB)(AG) F4|D2d4A2F2D2:|

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X:1 T:Cheshire Rounds M:3/2 L:1/8 N:”Longways for as many as will.” B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth B: (London, 1740, No. 114) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D f2 (ef) gfed (fg) a2|b2 e4 d2 c2A2|f2 (ef) gfed (fg) a2|A2d4A2F2D2|| B2 AB (_cB) (AG)|E2e4d2c2A2|B2 (AB) (_cB) (AG) F3E|D2d4A2F2D||

X:2 T:Cheshire Rounds [1] M:3/2 L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D f2 (ef) (gf)(ed) (fg)a2|b2 e4 d2c2A2|f2 (ef) gfed (fg) a2|A2 d4 A2F2D2|| B2 (AB) (=cB) (AG) F4|E2 e4 d2c2A2|B2 (AB) =cB (AG) F3E|D2 d4 A2F2D2||

X:1 T:Cheshire Rounds [1] M:3/4 L:1/8 S:Chappell - Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D fe/f/ g/f/e/d/ f/g/a|b e2 d cA|fe/f/ g/f/e/d/ f/g/a|A d2 A FD:| |:BA/B/ =c/B/A/G/ F2|E e2 d ^cB/A/|BA/B/ =c/B/A/G/ F>E|D d2 A FD:||