Annotation:Carleton House (1)
X:1 T:Carleton House [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Preston’s 24 Country Dances for the Year 1804 (No. 534, p. 227) N:“With proper tunes and directions to each dance, as they are performed at N:Court, Bath and all Public Assemblies.” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb BdB FDF|B3 F2B|c2d e2d|cdB ABc| BdB FDF|GED Ccd|dgB ecA|B3 B,3:| |:B,Bd fdB|Ace gec|dBf eca|bfe dec| BdB FDF|GED Cce|dfB ecA|B3 B,3:|]
CARLETON HOUSE [1]. AKA and see "Miss Dalrymple." English (?), Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was published in Scottish fiddler-composer biography:Donald Dow's Collection of Ancient Scots Music (c. 1775) as "Miss Dalrymple" and has a Scottish provenance.
Carleton House [1] was a magnificent mansion in London and was the town residence of the Prince Regent for several decades from 1783. When the prince ascended the throne in 1820 and became King George IV, Buckingham Palace was constructed from Buckingham House and became the Royal residence. Carleton House was demolished in 1825 and the site redeveloped into a fashionable residential block.