X:1
T:Tunbridge Castle
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
N:Under section of "Dances, 1786".
B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, p. 27)
N:" As they are Perform'd at Court, Bath and all Publick Assemblys ."
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
B/c/B/A/ GG|Ac c2|B/c/B/A/ GB|ce e2|
d/e/d/c/ BB|eg g2|f>g b/a/g/f/|g2 g2:|
|:b/c'/b/a/ gb|af f2|(g/f/e/d/) (e/f/g/f/)|(e/d/c/B/) A2|
B/c/B/A/ GG|c/d/e/c/ AA|e/f/g/e/ af|g2g2:|]
Tonbridge Castle and mansion, early 20th centuryTUNBRIDGE CASTLE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The original Tonbridge Castle was erected following the Norman invasion and held for a few hundred years by thede Clare family. Itwas not lived in between 1521 and the late 18th century, except for a short period during the English Civil War, however, around 1793 (not long after the tune was published by the Thompsons) a mansion was constructed abutting themedieval gatehouse, the most prominent surviving part of the castle.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson (Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1786), 1786; Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), 1788; p. 27.
