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Redowa Polka,aka. JC.263
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from the John Chambers abc collection
X:14077 T:Redowa Polka,aka. JC.263 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:100 S:John Clare,Poet,Helpstone (1793-1864) R:Polka O:England4 A:Northamptonshire N:This is the well known Redowa Polka,although untitled in the MS,It N:raise N:one or two points.Firstly, polkas were not introduced into this country N:until 1848,according to V.Sylvester and J.Richardson,and yet a couple N:of N:tunes ago we were apparently in 1834.Secondly,whoever pricked it down N:wa N:not at all familiar with the polka rhythm,especially the time N:sig..Eithe N:"T.Williams,1834" refers to something other than the collection date,or N:John Clare put the MS down for a few years and came back to it in a fit N:of sanity, or enthusiasm for the new dance rhythm, or somebody else N:entirely was responsible for entering this tune(not by any means rare N:in N::fiddlers tune books)Reference to the original MS may c Z:P Headford K:G "As Writ"G/B/d2dd2|dedc BB|GAB GAB|B2A2A2|A/B/c2cc2|cdcB AA| FGA FGA|B2G2G2:|!:G/B/d2d2c/B/|B2A AGA|A/c/ e2e2d/c/|cB BAB2| G/B/d2d2c/e/"B"|A/c/ e2e2d/f/|g3e d/c/B/A/|B2G2G2:|!:D2G2G/A/G/F/|E2A2A/ B /A/G/| F2DE2F|G/F/G/B/e2d2|D2G2G/A/G/F/|E2A2A/B/A/G/|F2DE2F|G2G2G2:|! % Output from ABC2Win Version 2.1 h on 19/04/2000
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