Annotation:Colosseum (The)
X: 1 T: the COLOSSEUM %R: hornpipe B: Jean White "100 Popular Hornpipes, Reels, Jigs and Country Dances", Boston 1880 p.1 F: http://www.loc.gov/resource/sm1880.09124.0#seq-1 Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> N: The triplet in bar 7 is above the d; it's not obvious what this means. M: C| L: 1/8 K: A % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E2 |\ A2A2 A>cB>d | c2c2 c>ed>f | e>ag>f e>dc>B | A>ce>^d f>e=d>B | A2A2 A>cB>d | c2c2 c>ed>f | e>ag>f e>{efe}dc>{dcB}B | A2[a2c2] A2 :| |: e2 |\ c>eA>e c>eA>e | d>fB>f d>fB>f | c>eA>e c>eA>e | B>AG>F E>fe>d | c>eA>e c>eA>e | d>fB>f d>fB>f | A>ag>f e>dc>B | A2[a2c2] A2 H:| % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
COLOSSEUM, THE. AKA and see "Coliseum," "Harlequin Gambols," "Harlequin Hornpipe (4)," "Kay's Hornpipe," "Pet of the House." Scottish, Irish; Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Kerr): AABB (Honeyman). The tune appears earliest under the title "Harlequin Gambols" as a country dance in Samuel, Ann and Peter Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1788). The first strain is shared with "Murillo's Lesson," an American shape-note hymn and air. See also note for "Annotation:Once upon My Cheek."
