Newcastle (G)

X: 2
T: Newcastle  (G)
P: 3x
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
O: Playford 1651
B: Playford 1651
H: Simpson feels that the surviving tune is not the one which had some
H: currency in Elizabethan days. He points out that wrenchings of accent
H: are necessary to accomplish the fit of Playford's dance tune to a
H: curious fragment of text found in the 18th century Percy folio MS, a
H: source of dubious authenticity itself.
H: __ Came you not from Newcastle? __
H: __ Came yee not there away? &c __
H: It is quite possible that
H: this dance was inspired by William, Duke of Newcastle, a royalist who
H: remained in London and bent his interests towards the theatre during
H: the interregnum.
K: G
|: D2 \
| "G"B2d2 "D7"G2A2 | "G"G3A G2D2 | "G"B2d2 G2d2 | "C"e2g4 fe \
| "G"d2B2 A2G2 | "C"E2 e4 dc | "G"d2B2 "D7"A2>G2 | "G"G6 :|
|: ef \
| "G"gfed g3B | "C"A2g4 A2 | "G"G3A B2F2 | "C"E2 e4 f2 \
| "G"gfed g3B | "Am"A2A2 c3d | e2B2 "D7"A3G | "G"G6 |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/England/tune/Newcastle/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/England/tune/Newcastle_G/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/England/xmas/Newcastle/0002
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/program/Newcastle/0002

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