Annotation:Dutch Ship

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 DUTCH SHIP. English, Jig. England, Shropshire. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The 'A' strain is eight bars while the 'B' strain is six, similar to "Dutch Skipper (1) (The)": included by Northumbrian musician William Vickers in his 1770 manuscript collection.  Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman].  Printed sources: Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 85b, p. 35.  Recorded sources:

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