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Description: | This version is a little scruffy, but there is no shortage of alternative settings, Lister's being a good local one. Generally thought of as Scottish, and with a lyric by Burns (though the tune is considerably older), the tune was also used for the local song We'll All Be Wed In Our Auld Claes (or Married In Sandgate), which John Bell collected. The Tailors Are Aa Gyen Styen Blind is the name of a variation set on the tune by smallpipe virtuoso Tom Clough, though his version of the tune is idiosyncratic.This tune forms part of the The William Vickers' manuscript, dated 1770. The Index to the manuscript shows that part of the book is now missing, but the very substantial surviving part contains 580 tunes, or 'Country Dances' as the author calls them. It is not easy to pinpoint Vickers's location as his name is not uncommon, but he may be the William Vickers who shows up in genealogical records as an 'Officer of Exise' [sic] in Newcastle. It is fairly safe to assume that the collection was made in North East England because although it contains a lot of Scottish and English tunes it has local material which is not found in other sources. ; 18th century tune book compiled by William Vickers | Rights holder: | rights holder : Society of Antiquaries | Temporal: | start=1761;end=1800; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:R0304601 | Go to resource |
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