Annotation:Winterbourn Frolick
X:1 T:Winterbourn Frolick M:12/8 L:1/8 R:Jig and Country Dance B:Walter Rainstorp music manuscript collection (1747, p. 35) F: https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2057949 N:The cover is inscribed “Walter Rainstorp, 1747. Bought in Cheap Side, N:London, 1747”. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A e|e>fe dcd|Bcd c2e|efe aAd|cdB A2:| |:A|AGA E2d |cdB A2::a|aba gee|fgf e2d|ded cAd|c>dB A2:|
WINTERBOURN FROLICK. English, Jig and Country Dance Tune (12/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The tune, with directions for a country dance, was entered into the music manuscript book of musician Walter Rainstorp, who inscribed his name on the cover and noted that he purchased his copybook in Cheapside, London, in 1747. The title may refer to Winterbourne, a large village in South Gloucestershire, England.
