Blue Eyed Stranger (2) (The)

 BLUE-EYED STRANGER [2], THE. English, Morris Dance Tune (2/4 or 4/4 time). C Major [Karpeles]: G Major [Bacon {Bucknell}, Barnes, Mallinson]: E Minor [Bacon]. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (x4) [Bacon {Bucknell, Field Town}, Karpeles]: ABB, x4 [Barnes, Mallinson]: AABB [Bacon]. From the Bucknell, Headington and Field Town, Oxfordshire, area of England's Cotswolds. The Bucknell dance to the tune, a sidestep and a half-hey chorus, was also danced to the tune "Willow Tree;" Kirkpatrick and Wayne (1976) point out that each tune "completely transforms the feeling of a movement" during the dance so that they actually become quite different dances from each other. One of the earliest recordings of the melody was in 1909 when Cecil Sharp waxed it on a cylinder from the playing of John Locke, Leominster, Hereford, described as a "gipsy fiddler." Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pp. 185 & 159. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 13. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 34. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book), 1988, vol. 2; No. 62, p. 30. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 76. Recorded sources: Topic TSCD458, John Kirkpatrick - "Plain Capers" (1976). Music Club MCCD376, Chris Bartram et al - "The Traditional Morris Dance Music Album." X:1 T:Blue-Eyed Stranger, The [2] M:2/4 L:1/8 K:C cG Gc/B/|A/G/A/B/ cc/d/|eg f/e/d/c/|A>B c2:| a/g/f/e/ dc/d/|eg f/e/d/c/|A>B c2||
 * c/d/e/f/ gc|a/g/f/e/ dG|c/d/e/f/ gg|e>f g2|c/d/e/f/ gc|

X:2 T:Blue Eyed Stranger, The [2] M:4/4 L:1/8 S:John Locke K:A A2c2e2a2 | fedc B2B2 | A2c2e2a2 | Bd f2d2B2 | ABcd e2a2 | fedc B2 AB | cAce dcBA | F2G2 A4 || A2E2E2 AG | FDFG AGAB | c2e2 dcBA | F2G2A2 E>E | A2E2E2 AG | FEFG AGAB | c2e2 dcBA | F2G2 A4 ||

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