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1H661H 5335
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Biography:Charles Baldwin
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England
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English
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Reel (single/double)
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G
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1 sharp
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Ionian (Major)
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2/2
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AABBCC
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X:1
T:Polly Put the Kettle On [5]
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:George Baldwin, Newent, Gloucestershire, 1910
N:Noted from Baldwin by Cecil Sharp
K:G
gfed efge|dcBA Bcd2|gfed efgg|fgaf g4:|
|:gabg afd2|efge dB G2|ABcA dBGB|cAFA G4:|
|:BcdB cde2|ABcA Bcd2|G3B cBAd|BGAF G2G2:||
X:5
T:Polly Put the Kettle on.
S:Played by Charles Baldwin, aged 88, at Newent Alms Houses on 12 August 1912.
S:Coll. CJ Sharp, no 2506.
H:CJS was in some confusion as to whether he was called Charles or George.
N:This was a country dance, the chief figure of which was "Diament" i.e. "swing corners".
B:Coleford Jig
Z:Transcribed by Charles Menteith.
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
gfed efge|dcBA Bcd2|gfed efgg|fgaf g4:|
|:gabg afd2|efge dBG2 |ABcA dBGB|cAFA G4:|
|:BcdB cde2|ABcA Bcd2|G3B cBAd|BGAF G2G2:|
N:© Gloucestershire Traditions
