Newcastle [A]

X: 3
T: Newcastle  [A]
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: A
|: E2 \
| "A"c2e2 "E7"A2B2 | "A"A3B A2E2 | "A"c2e2 A2e2 | "D"f2a4 gf \
| "A"e2c2 B2A2 | "D"F2 f4 ed | "A"e2c2 "E7"B2>A2 | "A"A6 :|
|: fg \
| "A"agfe a3c | "D"B2a4 B2 | "A"A3B c2G2 | "D"F2 f4 g2 \
| "A"agfe a3c | "Bm"B2B2 d3e | f2c2 "E7"B3A | "A"A6 |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/England/tune/Newcastle_A/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/England/xmas/Newcastle/0004
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/program/Newcastle/0004

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