Stagshaw Bank Fair & Lasses Pass The Brandy.

[Ptarmigan]

Stagshaw Bank Fair & Lasses Pass The Brandy.
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Two Northumbrian Pipe tunes, the first was published in 1887 & the second in 1770.
Played on Hammered Dulcimer, English Concertina, Fiddle & Bodhran.
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Cheers,

Dick

 

 

 

[Stephen DOUGLASS]

Nice! The second tune has 'ancestry' in the Dixon manuscript 1733 ish. 'Lasses Bushes Brawley'.

[Roger Hare]

3 hours ago, Stephen DOUGLASS said:

Nice! The second tune has 'ancestry' in the Dixon manuscript 1733 ish. 'Lasses Bushes Brawley'.

... Very nice! There's a version of 'Stagshaw Bank Fair' in 'Northumbrian Minstrelsey' (?1882, reprint  1965)...

Edited September 10, 2024 by Roger Hare

[Ptarmigan]

5 hours ago, Stephen DOUGLASS said:

Nice! The second tune has 'ancestry' in the Dixon manuscript 1733 ish. 'Lasses Bushes Brawley'.

 

Yes & in the William Vickers 1770 Northumbrian music manuscript collection it was actually called: - Lasses Pisses Brandy. 🙂

[Ptarmigan]

1 hour ago, Roger Hare said:

... Very nice! There's a version of 'Stagshaw Bank Fair' in 'Northumbrian Minstrelsey' (?1882, reprint  1965)...

 

You can learn more about this tune here - Stagshaw Bank Fair 🙂

[Roger Hare]

3 hours ago, Ptarmigan said:

You can learn more about this tune here - Stagshaw Bank Fair 🙂

I always go to the TTA as my first choice when hunting down the ABC for the tunes you post, but as I already had this tune in my 'ABC Master File', I didn't bother looking this time - and so missed this account.

 

Fascinating stuff - thank you!

 

These big fairs have interesting histories -for example there are several descriptions of Bartholomew Fair (another good tune/song) in London lurking on the internet...

Edited September 10, 2024 by Roger Hare