Redowa Polka,aka. JC.263

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

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/atrilcoral.com/r/0225
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/terra.es/personal8/niltoni/r/0225

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