Annotation:Trunkles (2)
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TRUNKLES [2]. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). A Major (Bacon Bledington): F Major (Bacon Headington, Raven Bucknell): G Major (Mallinson Bledington, Bacon Bucknell, Fieldtown): D Major (Bacon Oddington). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD (Raven Bucknell): AABBBCCC (Bacon Kirtlington): AABBBCCC {x2}, AABBBDDD {x2}, AA (Bacon, Mallinson Bledington, Bucknell, Headington): AABBCAABBCAABBDAABBD (Bacon Fieldtown): AABBBCCCA {x2}, AABBBDDDA {x2} (Bacon Oddington). A popular morris tune with versions collected (along with variant dances) from the villages of Bledington (Gloucestershire), Bucknell (Oxfordshire), Fieldtown (actually collected in Minster Lovell near Leafield, Oxfordshire), Headington (Oxfordshire), Kirtlinton (Oxfordshire) and Oddington (Gloucestershire) in England's Cotswolds. Cecil Sharp danced Trunkles in his first appearance publicly dancing morris at an event in America during the First World War, when he toured and taught extensively in the US and Canada. He wrote in his diary on July 3, 1918:
At the demonstration in the morning I danced Trunkles—the first time I have
danced a corner Morris in public and acquitted myself if not exactly to my
own satisfaction fairly well. I am much stronger than I was and with practice
believe I might do the Morris in a quiet staid sort of way!
