Annotation:Drunken Hussare

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 DRUNKEN HUSSARE. English, Jig. B Flat Major/A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A hussar is a type of 19th century cavalryman.  Source for notated version: The melody is contained in the Joseph Kershaw manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddler who lived in Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, in the 19th century, and his manuscript dates from around 1820 onwards.  Printed sources: Knowles (The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript), 1993; No's. 15 & 16.  Recorded sources:

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