X:160
T:Bread and Cheese. JJo3.161
B:J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 3 1744
Z:vmp.Anne Wride 2014 www.village-music-project.org.uk
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
K:G
g | fddd | d2 c2 | BGGG | Bd-dg |fddd | e2 d2 | aAAA | ce2 :|
|: g |((3fgf) ((3efe) | ((3fgf) ((3efe) | gG2 A | Bd2g |((3fgf) ((3efe) | ((3fgf) ef | AA2 B | ce2 :|
W:Cast off two Cu.
W:Cast up again
W:Change places and hands round all four
W:Foot it to your Partner Right hand and Left
BREAD AND CHEESE. English, Reel. England, northern counties. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune also appears in the 1790 music manuscript collection (p. 32) of London musician Thomas Hammersley, and the large 1840 music manuscript of multi-instrumentalist John Rook of Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria. There are other, unrelated, country dance tunes with the same title.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Northumbrian musician William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection [Seattle]; the large 1840 music manuscript collection of John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria) [Offord].
Printed sources : - John Offord (Bonny Cumberland), 2018; p. 38. Seattle (Great Northern Tune Book/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 279.
