Annotation:Sherriff's Whim

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SHER(R)IFF'S WHIM. AKA - "Mr. Sherriff's Whym." English, Reel (cut time). England, Northumberland. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Vickers annotator Matt Seattle believes the tune was copied from a publication by London music publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson (where it appears as "Mr. Sherrif's Whim/Whym."



Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Seattle (Great Northern Tune Book/William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 557.

Recorded sources: -



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