A "morris" tune? Not really

[Jim Besser]

Learned this the other day from Andy Turner's most excellent "Squeezed Out" blog.  It's "John Mason's Morris Tune #3," collected by C# in 1909 or so. As Andy writes, this doesn't sound remotely like a Morris dance tune.  But who cares? It's a great tune.  Played on a 30 button Jeffries GD Anglo.

 

 

[Mikefule]

Lovely tune nicely played.   Any Morris dancer I know would end up in a tangled heap trying to dance Morris to it, though.

[gcoover]

What a great tune! Sounds like it might be for a northern clog or garland Morris? 

[Jim Besser]

2 hours ago, gcoover said:

What a great tune! Sounds like it might be for a northern clog or garland Morris? 

 

That was my thought. I played for a Northwest clog side for 15 years and used several polkas, and this could work for several of our dances - slowed down.

 

For a cotswold side - definitely a prescription for disaster.

[Clive Thorne]

22 hours ago, Jim Besser said:

 

 - slowed down.

 

You've hit the nail on the head there.

[malcolm clapp]

More information about John Mason and his repertoire can be found on the excellent glostrad site

http://glostrad.com/tunes-from-john-mason/

 

[Jim Besser]

41 minutes ago, malcolm clapp said:

More information about John Mason and his repertoire can be found on the excellent glostrad site

http://glostrad.com/tunes-from-john-mason/

 

 

VEry cool. I didn't know he played for Sherborne.  That was my first Morris tradition, and I still love (and miss) the music.

[SIMON GABRIELOW]

Whatever tune is; morriss or not .. I enjoyed it and thought it was so pleasing to hear( and excellently played!)