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Annotation:Blackling Races
X:1 T:Blackling Races M:C| L:1/8 B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks or the provenance of his N:ms. but it is probable he was from England. N:His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had possibly N:been in the possession of his descendants. N:Burks also had another version, an untitled tune in B Flat. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A E|A2 (cB/A/) e>Ac>A|e>Aa>A g>af>A|e>A (cB/A/) e>Ac>A|GEBE dEGE| A2 (cB/A/) e>Ac>A|e>Aa>A g>Af>A|efec eaec|BABc A2z2:| A|(GF/E/) B>EG>E|B>Ed>E c>EB>E|c2 (cB/A/) e>Ac>A|e>Aa>A e>Ac>A| e>A (cB/A/) e>Af>A|e>A (cB/A/) a>Ae>A|e>cf>d dcBA|GABA GEFG||
BLACKLING RACES. AKA and see "Babes in the Woods (3)," "Blanchland Races," "Miller's Frolics (2) (The," "Peter Street (1)," "Timour the Tartar." English, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. The melody appears in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, dated 1821. Unfortunately, nothing is known of Burks although he may have been from the north of England. Burks' title may be a corruption of "Blanchland Races," by which the tune is known in Northumberland (Blandland being a small village in south Northumberland).
