Annotation:Duke of Sussex's Reel (The)
X: 1 T:Duke of Sussex's Reel TS.046 T:Mayday,aka TS.046 T:England's Glory,aka TS.046 M:C| L:1/8 Q:1/2=90 B:Thomas Sands' MS,1810,Lincolnshire R:reel O: Z:vmp.Ruairidh Greig, 2011 F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Sands/Sands%20MS(12-4-16).abc K:F fefc BAGF|AcBA BGG2|fefc BAGF|AcGB AFF2:| |:AFcF dFcF|AcBA BG"tr"G2|AFcF dFcF|AcGB AFF2:|]
DUKE OF SUSSEX'S REEL. AKA and see "England's Glory," "May Day (5)," "Parson in the Suds." English, Reel (whole time). G Major (Winter): F Major (Sands). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was entered into the c. 1810 music manuscript of Thomas Sands (Lincolnshire), and can also be found in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England.
