Annotation:Keswick Bonny Lasses

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 KESWICK BONNY LASSES. English, Hornpipe. England, Lakeland district. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is contained in the c. 1838 music manuscript collection of fiddler William Irwin (1822-1889), from Langdale in the Lake District. Irwin's first professional gig was at the Grapes Inn, Keswick, on May 18, 1839 [Greg Stephens].  Source for notated version: Greg Stephens [Knowles].  Printed sources: Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; p. 42.  Recorded sources:

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