Annotation:Cambro-Briton (The)

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X:1 T:Cambro Britions M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:T. Skillern - Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1799 (p.1 ) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d|Bdcd|dBAG|GgdB|(.A.A.A) d| Bdce|dBAG|BdAd|(BGG):| |:d|g2 dB|g2 dB|GgdB|(.A.A.A)d| g2 dB| g2dB|BdAd|BGG:|]

CAMBRO-BRITON, THE. Welsh, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A "Cambro-Briton" is a Welshman. This melody is from Skillern's Country Dances for 1799 and has some similarity to "Stumpie," and "Duchess of Hamilton's Strathspey (The)." See Bayard's (1981) note for "Hazel Dean (1)" for more on this tune family.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Mellor (Welsh Dance Tunes), 1935; p. 9. Skillern (Skillern's Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1799), 1799; p. 1.

Recorded sources: -

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