Lester's Tune-a-Day

A nursery rhyme tune that I got from a session in Whitby. X:10 T:Wind the Bobbin Up M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G Bc|d2 de dBGB|d2 de dBGB|c2 Ac B2 GB|AGFG ABce| d2 de dBGB|d2 de dBGB|c2 Ac B2 GB|AGFA G2:|| z2|A2 AF D2 D2|GABc d2 B2|c2 Ac B2 G2|AGFG A4| A2 AF D2 D2|GABc d2 B2|c2 Ac B2 G2|A2 F2 G2:||

AKA Tom Tolly's Hornpipe, Tom Fowler's Hornpipe (with an abbreviated B Music), it appears in the 19th century manuscripts of English musicians Rev. Robert Harrison (Brampton, Cumbria, 1820) and James Winder (Wyresdale, Lancashire, 1835-41). X:391 T:Tom Tulley's Hornpipe M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G Bc|dcBA Ggfg|e4 d4|cdcB ABAG|F4 E4| DEFG A2 B2|c2 de d2 c2|BAGA D2 F2|G4 G2:|| d2|g2 bg e2 ag|f4 d4|g2 bg e2 ag|f4 d2 ef| gddd gddd|gdgd gddd|g3 f edcB|ABAG F3 E| DEFG A2 B2|c2 de d2 c2|BAGA D2F2|G4 G2:||

Probably a Welsh tune originally called Pwt Ar Y Bys (a bit on the finger) but now found in many places. X:390 T:Buttered Peas M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G B2 d2 d2 cB|c2 e2 e4|B2 d2 d2 cB|c2 A2 A4| B2 d2 d2 cB|c2 e2 e4|B2 d2 A2 c2|B2 G2 G4:| B2 d2 d2 ef|gfga g4|B2 d2 d2 cB|c2 A2 A4| B2 d2 d2 ef|gfga g4|B2 d2 A2 c2|B2 G2 G4:|

A tune composed by Felix Burns (1864 – 1920). It is also known as Shit Cart Polka or Mrs Kenny's Barndance (as stolen by the Irish :) ) X:631 T:Woodland Flowers C:Felix Burns M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G DGB A2G|DGB A2G|E2C E2G|c6| d2B c2A|B2G E2F|G2B AGE|D6| DGB A2G|DGB A2G|E2C E2G|c6| d2B c2A|B2G E2F|G2D BdB|G6|| BAG D2D|BAG D2D|cBA E2E|cBA E2E| F2G F2E|D2c B2A|G2A BAG|D6| BAG D2D|BAG D2D|cBA E2E|cBA E2E| F2G F2E|D2c B2A|G2D BdB|G6||

This waltz seems to have got into the English repertory from the early 1950s recording by Robert Forrester (moothie) & Norman Alford (whistle) subsequently issued on the Veteran CD 'Pass the Jug Around'. However, the same tune was later recorded by the Scots moothie player Donald Black on his CD 'Keil Road' under the title 'Waltz Quadrille'. In the sleeve notes for the latter, Black states that the tune was first recorded in Canada in the 1930s by George Wade & His Cornhuskers, a band whose repertory included old-time, Scots and Irish tunes. So FWIW maybe it's originally Scots, maybe originally Canadian. Thanks to Steve Harrison for the above info. X:388 T:Cumberland Waltz M:3/4 L:1/8 K:G dd|G2 B2 dd|G2 B2 dd|G2 B2 d2|b4 c'2| b2 a2 g2|d4 e2|d2 B2 G2|A4dd| G2 B2 dd|G2 B2 dd|G2 B2 d2|b4 c'2|  b2 a2 g2|d4 dd|d2 f2 a2|g4|| d2|b4 g2|a4 g2|ff f2 e2|c4 d2|  ee e2 d2|ee e2 d2|efe2 d2|B2d2 d2| b4 g2|a4 g2|ff f2 e2|c4 d2| ee e2 d2|e...