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X:52 C:Page 27 T:Bonny Westmorland. MBe.52 A:England;Cumbria;Towcett B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815 Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012 M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=120 R: C:'Matthew Botham's Book 1815' N:At the foot of the page is written, in a similar hand, and someone has N:added in a different hand (in an attempt at clarifying the date?) N:NB1-These two notes are difficult to interpret. They look like a pair of semi-quavers with the N:first of the pair being A, and the second of the pair being higher, but there is no mark. N:Underneath this pair are two blobs, possibly indicating 2 F semi-quavers? N:NB2-Repeat marks written (and included here) but were they intended? N:Key sig as in MS, though C# implied in B part K:G ADFB| ADFG| BAFG| E2 E2|ADFB| ADFG| BEFG| D2 D2:| |: dA dB| dA FG| BAFG| E2 E2|dA dB| dA FG| BEAF| D2 D2| dfdB| dAFG| BFAE| FGBF|Afed| cdFG| AEAF| D2 D2:|



BONNY WESTMORLAND. English, Reel (cut time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Bonny Westmoreland" can be found in the 1815 music manuscript collection of musician Matthew Betham (Towcett, Cumbria).


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Printed sources : - John Offord (Bonny Cumberland), 2018; p. 1.






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