Annotation:Cockle Geordie

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X:1 T:Cockle Geordie M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Bruce & Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstelsy (1882) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gdor fdeg|fd A2|fdeg|fd G2|fdeg|fd A2|fdeg|fd G2:| |:FG AB/c/|dc A2|FG AB/c/|dc G2|FG AB/c/|dc A2|FG AB/c/|dc G2:||



COCKLE GEORDIE. English, Reel (2/4 time). England, Northumberland. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Also found in Peacock's turn of the 19th century Northumbrian piping collection.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; p. 146.

Recorded sources: -Flying Fish FF-250, The Battlefield Band – "Home is Where the Van Is" (1981). Park Records PRKCD90, Kathryn Tickell - Strange but True" (2006).



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