Annotation:Southport Morris and Maypole Tune
X:1 T:Southport Morris and Maypole Tune M:6/8 L:1/8 N:A variant of “A Hundred Pipers” N:”Noted from an old fiddler’s playing in Lord St., Southport, 1902.” N:* “In plaiting the maypole, the dancers pause on these notes.” B:Gilchrist – Journal of the English Folk Dance Society No. 1 (1927, p. 27) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G/A/|B2 D D2D|E2F G2A|d2B B>AG|*(A3 A2) G/A/| B2D D2D|E2F G2A|d2B A2F|*(G3 G2)|| B/c/|d2d d2d|g2g g>fe|d2B BAG|*(A3 A2) G/A/| B2D D2D|E2F G2A|d2B A2D|*(G3 G2)||
SOUTHPORT MORRIS AND MAYPOLE TUNE. English, Morris Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Southport Morris and Maypole Tune" is a morris and maypole dance-tune once known in the Southport and Preston district of Lancashire. It was noted by collector Anne Gilchrist from "an old fiddler’s playing in Lord St., Southport, 1902.”
