Southport Morris and Maypole Tune

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 Theme code Index    35L6L1 5322
 Also known as    Hundred Pipers (A)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    Morris
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    ENGLAND(North West)
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Anne Gilchrist
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Journal of the English Folk Dance Society No. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 27
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1927
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Southport Morris and Maypole Tune M:6/8 L:1/8 N:A variant of “A Hundred Pipers” N:”Noted from an old fiddler’s playing in Lord St., Southport, 1902.” N:* “In plaiting the maypole, the dancers pause on these notes.” B:Gilchrist – Journal of the English Folk Dance Society No. 1 (1927, p. 27) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G/A/|B2 D D2D|E2F G2A|d2B B>AG|*(A3 A2) G/A/| B2D D2D|E2F G2A|d2B A2F|*(G3 G2)|| B/c/|d2d d2d|g2g g>fe|d2B BAG|*(A3 A2) G/A/| B2D D2D|E2F G2A|d2B A2D|*(G3 G2)||