Annotation:Young Collins (1)

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X: 1 T:1274 Young Collins C:William Hathaway I:Cheltenham 20th March 1907 Q:1/4=120 K:G M:4/4 %Meter GABc d2 d2 |c2 e2 A2 Bc |d2 d2 e2 dc |B3 A G4 | GABc d2 d2 |c2 e2 A2 Bc |d2 d2 e2 dc |B3 A G3 F | E2 D2 E2 FG |A2 B2 G4 ||B2 A2 B2 cd |e2 f2 d4 | GABc d2 d2 |c2 e2 A2 Bc |d2 d2 e2 dc |B3 A G4 ||]

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YOUNG COLLINS [1]. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB, x4. Collected from the villages of Bledington and Oddington, Gloucestershire, in England's Cotswolds.

Old Charlie Benfield

The portrait (by artist A van Anrooy) depicts Charles Benfield (1841–1929), the fiddler for the Bledington morris men in the second half of the 19th century. Benfield started out by playing the pipe and tabor, instruments he had ‘inherited’ from the renowned Sherbourne and Northleach musician Jim ‘the laddie’ Simpson, who had succumbed to an overdose of alcohol in 1856. The fiddler became a key figure in the Bledington morris tradition, eventually leading the “junior side” of dancers born in the 1860’s, men who survived to pass on their tradition to larger audiences when collectors visited in the 1930’s.

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