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X:1 % T:Rose Lea C:Robert Whinham M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka K:G D|GG/B/ dd|ed B2|ed BG|BBAE|...



ROSE LEA. English, Polka (2/4 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The tune was attributed by Northumbrian concertina player Billy Pigg to Robert Whinham (1814-1893), a musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler originally from Morpeth, Northumberland. No written source has been found to corroborate this.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - a recording of Billy Pigg [Dixon].

Printed sources : - Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; p. 65.

Recorded sources: -



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