X:77
T:Lord Rockingham's Reel or.. JJo.077
B:J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 8 1758
Z:vmp.Simon Wilson 2013 www.village-music-project.org.uk
T:Scampden's Cade, JJo.077
T:Duke of Perth's Reel,aka. JJo.077
T:Broom's Reel. JJo.077
T:Lolly Pops & BUll's Eyes. JJo.077
T:Scamp(s)ton Cade . JJo.077
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
N:Lord Rockingham's collection of pedigrees & breeders' certificates
N:Pedigrees from WWM/R193 (Sheffield Archives, 52 Shoreham Street, Sheffield S1 4SP, England)
N:Lord Rockingham's first appearance on the turf dates from 1752 when he started 4 horses:
N:(1) a bay filly by Cade, her dam by the Lonsdale Arabian;
N:(2) Scamp(s)ton Cade, also got by Cade;
N:(3) Silver Leg, by the Earl of Portmore's Cartouch, his dam by Old Cartouch;
N:and (4) Yorkshire Jack, got by Jack come Tickle me.
K:G
B|G/A/B/c/ dB|gBdB|gBdB|aAAB|
G/A/B/c/ dB|gBdB|cA d/c/B/A/|BG G:|
|:f|{g}g>age|{g}a>baf|{f}g>age|be ef|
{g}g>age|{g}a>bag/f/|gddc|BG G:|
LORD ROCKINGHAM'S REEL. AKA and see "Broom's Reel," "Duke of Perth," "Duke of Riff's Reel," "Love in a Village (3)," "Scampton Cade." English, Country Dance Tune (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham (1730-82)[1], was not only twice Prime Minister of England, but also was a horse-breeder and racehorse owner from his extensive Yorkshire estate. In 1752 he started his first horses: a filly by Cade, a brown horse Scampton Cade (also sired by Cade), Silver Legs, and Yorkshire Jack, got by Jack Come Tickle Me. Scampton Cade placed first in York in 1753, winning His Majesty’s Plate of 100 Guineas for 6-y-o carrying 12st over 4 miles. Rockingham continued to breed and race until his death in 1782.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - John Johnson (A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 8), 1758; No. 77.
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