Annotation:Lady Berkley's Whim (1)
X: 1 T:Lady Berkley's Whim [1]. Ru1.039 B:Rutherford's Country Dances Vol 1, 1756 Z:village music project, Steve Mansfield July 2015 T:Lord Holderness' Rant,aka. Ru1.039 M:C| L:1/8 W:Lead down between the 2d Cou. & without Side the 3d Cou. .| W:Lead up between the 3d Cou. & without Side the 2d :| W:foot it Corners & turn .|. foot it the other Corners & turn :| W:Lead out Sides & turn .|| Lead out the other Sides and W:turn :|| Foot it to your Partner & turn :| Q:2/4=75 K:A C2(E<A) (c<e)(c<A) | B2 (d<B) F<BG<E | A2 E=G F<DC<B, | C<E c<B A2 A,2 :| |: c2 (c<A) c2 c<A | c<Ae<c A2c2 | B2B<F B2B<F | G<AE<A C2A,2 :| |: c2 (e/d/c) (e/d/c) (e/d/c) | eagf e2c2 | d2f<d f<d f<d | B<fe<d c2A2 :| |: A2E<C A2E<C | D<BA<G A2E2 | A2E<C A2E<C | D2E2 [A,4E4A4] :|
LADY BERKLEY'S WHIM [1]. AKA and see "Adventures of a Steam Packet (The)," "Lord Holderness's Rant," "Oh! What a Row," "Picknickery," "Tom Thumb (1)." English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. Researcher Conor Ward finds London music publisher John Walsh's "Lady Berkeley's Whim [1]" to be the sion of several subsequent variants under the alternate titles, above.
