Annotation:Kerry's Welcome to the Dene

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 KERRY'S WELCOME TO THE DENE. AKA - "Wee Kerry's Welcome to the Dene," "Wee Kerry's Welcome." English, Quickstep March (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCD. Composed by Northumbrian fiddler Willy Taylor in the pipe-march tradition, on the occasion of the birth of his grand-daughter. The Dene was Taylor's farmhouse. Taylor was a member of the 1980's British folk group the Shepherds, which also included piper Joe Hutton, harmonica player Will Atkinson, and squeezebox player Alistair Anderson.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources:

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