Annotation:Winster Galop
X:1696 T:The Gallop T:Winster Morris Dances Z:Transcribed by David Jacobs June 2015 F:http://www.vwml.org/record/CJS2/10/1696 S:Winster Morris dancers, 25 June 1908, Winster, Derbyshire. L:1/4 M:2/2 K:G (3d/B/A/|GBGD/A/|GBGD/A/|GBGD/A/| Ged>B|ceed/c/|Bdd2|ABce/c/|BGG|| "B" c|d3d|e3e|d3d|A3A|d3d|e3e|d/e/d/c/BA|G3|| "C" z/|.g.f.ed|.g.f.ed|.g.f.ed|.c.B.A2| .f.e.d2|.f.e.d2|d2.A>c|.B.G.G||
WINSTER GALLOP. English, Country or Morris Dance Tune (2/4 or 4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Barnes): AABB (Raven, Sweet, Wade). Both morris dance and tune were originally collected by pioneering folklorist Cecil Sharp (1859-1924) who visited the village of Winston, Derbyshire, near Sheffield in the Peak District, in 1908 and noted five dances, including The Processional and The Gallop. The tune is used for either a polka or a single step in the North West (England) morris dance tradition. The tune was in circulation in the late 19th century, and appears as an untitled quadrille part in the music manuscript copybook of Cumbrian musician Henry Stables.
It is frequently the first tune learned by beginning Northumbrian pipers, and in modern English sessions in general it is considered a 'beginner's tune'.
20th century New England caller Rod Linnell created a circle dance that Ralph Page paired with "Winster Gallop" (see Northern Junket, volume 9, No. 5, August 1968).
