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X: 1 T:Tom and Jerry. RHu.059 T:Donkey Riding,aka. RHu.059 A:Whitchurch, Shropshire L:1/8 M:2/4 Q:1/4=140 R:Country Dance S:R.Hughes MS,1823,Whitchurch,Shrops. Z:Neil Brookes 2006 %%TBL:{"version":"beta","type":"tune","id":"9375"} K:G G>ABB|cAB2|BAAG|BAAB|G>ABB|cABd|ge e/d/e/f/|ge dB::! egde|BGB2|BAAG|BABd|egde|d/c/B/A/ Bd|g>e e/d/e/f/|ge dB:|



TOM AND JERRY [4]. AKA and see "Donkey Riding," "Highland Laddie (1)." English, March or Polka (2/4 time). England; Shropshire, Yorkshire. G Major (Hughes): D Major (Leadley). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is the well-known Scottish melody "Highland Laddie (1)." It appears as "Tom and Jerry" in a few English musicians' manuscripts, namely Robert Hughes (1823, Shropshire) and Lawrence Leadley (c. 1850, Yorkshire). See note on the literary characters Tom and Jerry in “annotation:Tom and Jerry (1)".


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Source for notated version : - <meta charset="UTF-8">an MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle].

Printed sources : - Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 118, p. 63.






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