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Description: | This is not the tune called The Percy March in Joseph Crawhall's manuscript, but it appears almost identically in Rook's manuscript (Cumbria, 1840). Rook also has the spelling Pearcy, but presumably it refers to the Percys, Dukes of Northumberland. W.A. Cocks has pasted in the second strain of the version in Reavely's manuscript as well as two separate harmonies, which in places do not fit either version of the melody. Note the alternatives notes written over repeated notes in some places.The tune is taken from an early nineteenth century manuscript tune book. The book is part of the Cocks Collection and is now in the Northumberland Record Office at Gosforth, with photocopies at the Black Gate and Morpeth Chantry. It is signed C J Surtees and dated 1819, but is the work of many different hands. It contains some standard tunes, especially Scottish ones, some obscure tunes (probably taken from obscure publications) and a few more interesting items, some of which seem to be local, which are reproduced here. ; Early nineteenth century tune book compiled by C.J. Surtees and others | Rights holder: | rights holder : Society of Antiquaries | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:R0401601 | Go to resource |
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