Annotation:Gill Blass
X:1 T:Gill Blass M:3/8 L:1/8 R:Waltz S:William Winter music manuscript collection (1850, Somerset) K:D d/c/|dAA|dAA|f2d|f2d|....
GILL BLASS. English (?), Waltz (3/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Gill Blass" was entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter, a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset. It is a curious title, not found elsewhere, and may be a misinterpretation of the handwritten title in the ms. There is a remote possibility that it was a vehicle for the Scottish ballad "Gill Morice" (AKA "Gill Morris," "Child Maurice," "Child Morris," "Gil Morice," "Bill Norrie"), although the tune is not similar to the usual airs/tunes by that name.
