Annotation:Chips and Shavins
X:1 T:Chips and Shavins or Blind Man's Ramble M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:William Vickers' music manuscript book, Northumberland (1770) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D AB/4c/4|dAFD G2 FE|D/E/F/G/ AF GEEB|dAFD G2 FE|A/B/c/d/ AG FDD:|| |:B|ABAG F2 DF|ABAF GEEB|ABAG F2 ED|B/c/d AG FDD:|| |:A|dfaf g2 fe|dfaf beef/g/|afge fdec|dBAG FDD:||
CHIPS AND SHAVINS. AKA - "Chips and Shavens." AKA and see "Alhambra (The)," "Blind Man's Ramble," "Jackey's Fancy," "Left Hand Reel." English, Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Hall & Stafford): AABB (Callaghan): AABBCC (William Vickers). A popular reel in England, judging by its inclusion in a number of 19th century musicians' manuscripts, although not appearing in period printed works. Barry Callaghan (2007) finds "Chips and Shavins" in the music manuscripts of H.S.J. Jackson (1823, Wyresdale, Lancashire), Joshua Jackson (1798, Harrogate, north Yorkshire), George Spencer (1831, Leeds, west Yorkshire), William Vickers (1770, Northumberland), James Biggins (1779, Leeds, west Yorkshire, appearing as "Blind Man's Ramble"), the Browne family manuscripts (Troutbeck, Cumbria), James Winder (1835, Wyresdale, Lancashire), and William Hall Lister (mid-19th century, East Boldon, near Newcastle, appearing as "Jackey's Fancy").
