Annotation:Highland Mary (1)
X: 1 T: Highland Mary [1] R: hornpipe O: England Z: John Chambers <jc@trillian.mit.edu> B: Morris Ring (several versions) B: J.Timpany N: Both Morris Ring and Timpany identify this tune with Bampton. M: C| L: 1/8 P: A(ABB)4 K: G P: A (3DEF \ | "G"G2 A>G F>E D2 | G2 A>B "C"c2 B>c | "G"d2 d>e "D7"d>c B>A | "G"G2 B2 "D7"D3 (3DEF | | "G"G2 A>G F>E D2 | G2 A>B "C"c2 B>c | "G"d2 d>e "D7"d>c B>A | "G"G2 "D7"F2 "G"G2 || P: B |: D2 \ | "G"G>A B>c d2 d2 | "C"e>d dB "D7"c2 B>c | "G"d2 d>e "D7"d>c B>A | "G"G>A B>G "D7"D3 (3DEF | | "G"G2 A>G F>E D2 | G2 A>B "C"c2 B>c | "G"d2 d>e "D7"d>c B>A | "G"G2 "D7"F2 "G"G2 :||
HIGHLAND MARY [1]. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major (Bacon-Longborough & Oddington versions, Mallinson): A Major (Bacon-Bampton version). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Bacon): ABB, x4 (Bacon-Ascot under Wychwood version, Mallinson): AABB (Bacon-Oddington version). Similar versions have been collected from the villages of Ascot-under-Wychwood (Oxfordshire), Longborough (Gloucestershire), Oddington (Gloucestershire), and Bampton (Oxfordshire) in England's Cotswold's. A 1943 field recording of Bampton morris musician William 'Jinkey' Wells (1868-1953) exists of the elderly musician playing this tune and singing his own accompaniment with nonsense 'mouth-music' syllables.
