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 Theme code Index    315 422H
 Also known as    Arklow Lasses, Irish Quick Step, Lady Grantham's Delight
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Clarke
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:William Clarke (Feltwell) music manuscript collection
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 207, p. 102
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1858
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Irish Quick Step, The M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:William Campbell – “Campbell’s 12th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & B:Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as B:Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, c. 1797, pp. 10-11) F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9a/IMSLP655932-PMLP1052069-campbells12thboo00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D V:1 A|FED DED AFD|GFE EFE e2g|fed dfd ecA|(B/c/d)B AGF E2:| |:g|fed dfd ecA|fed (f/g/a)f e2g|fed dfd ecA|(B/c/d)B AGF E2:| V:2 clef = bass z|D,F,A, D,F,A, D,F,A,|A,,E,A, A,,E,A, A,,E,A,|D,F,A, D,F,A, D,F,A,|D,G,B, D,F,A, A,,2:| |:z|D,F,A, D,F,A, A,,E,A,|D,F,A, D,F,A, A,,E,A,|D,F,A, D,F,A, A,,E,A,|D,G,B, D,F,A, A,,2:|


X:207 T:The Royal Irish Quick Step N:A version of "Arklow Lasses" and "Lady Granthmam's O:No 207 Page 102 William Clarke of Feltwell Z:Transcribed by David Dolby 2010 M:9/8 L:1/8 N:Change 3rd note in bars A4 and B4 from crotchet (in m.s.) to quaver. K:D A|F2D DED AFD|G2E EFEe2g|f2d dfd ecA|(B/c/d)B AGFE2:| |:g|f2d dfd ecA|f2d{fg}a2fe2g|f2d dfd ecA|(B/c/d)B AGFE2:|


X:1 T:Quick Step T:AKA - Royal Irish Quick Step T:AKA - Lady Grantham’s Delight T:AKA - Arklow Lasses M:9/8 L:1/8 B:John Burks music manuscript collection (p. 14), dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks or the provenance of his N:ms. but it is possible he was from England. N:His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had possibly N:been in the possession of his descendants. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|F2D DED AFD|G2E EFE e2g|f2d dfd ecA|d2B AGF E2:| |:g|f2d dfd ecA|f2d a2f e2g|f2d dfd ecA|d2B AGF E2:|