Annotation:Humors of Glen (1) (The)

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 HUMOURS OF GLEN [1], THE. AKA and see "Good Morrow to Your Night-Cap (1)," "Humors of Glynn (2)." Scottish, Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. There is a "Humours of Glen" appearing (ascribed to no one) in the McLean Collection published by James Johnson in Edinburgh in 1772. The melody (with variation sets) also appears in the 1840 music manuscript collection of Cumbrian musician John Rook. Cazden (et al, 1982) finds variants of this tune, or significant phrases from it, in use as the melody of Catskill Mountain New York folksongs (see discussions of "The Cumberland Crew," "The Blantyre Explosion," "The Lost Jimmy Whalen" in Folksongs of the Catskills). Gow directs it to be played "Slowish."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 335. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; p. 12.  Recorded sources:

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