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X: 1 T:German Polka [1]. Le4.169 Q:1/4=100 L:1/8 B:L.Leadley MS#4 c1850 Z:vmp.Mike Hicken 2016 www.village-music-project.org.uk N:Tune 103 in "The Fiddler of Helperby" M:2/4 F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Leadley/Leadley4(16-5-16).abc K:Bb FBBB|B/>A/B/>c/ dF|fccc|c/>d/c/>B/ AF|FBBB|B/>A/B/>c/ dF|fAfA|BdBz:| |:geee|e/>d/e/>f/ g2|fddd|d/>c/d/>e/ f2|eccc|c/>B/c/>d/ eA|B/>A/B/>c/ g/>f/e/>d/|c/>B/c/>d/ B2 :|



GERMAN POLKA [1]. AKA and see "German Schottische (2)." English, Schottische. England; Cumbria, Yorkshire. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The "German Polka" was the name for the dance now known as the schottische, when it was first danced in England in 1848.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - an MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle].

Printed sources : - Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 103, p. 57.






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