Annotation:Johnnie's Made the Fire On

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JOHNNIE'S MADE THE FIRE ON. English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC'. Composed by Robert Whinham [1] (1814-1893), a musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler, originally from Morpeth. A two-part version of the tune appears in the Alnwick Pipers' Society Collection of Locally Composed Music, under the title "Jamie's Made the Fire On."

Source for notated version: an unattributed 19th century manuscript in the Beamish Museum [Dixon].

Printed sources: Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; p. 30.

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