The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #122117   Message #2674715
Posted By: Tug the Cox
08-Jul-09 - 09:59 AM
Thread Name: Morris Tunes??
Subject: RE: Morris Tunes??
Maud Karpeles has a lot to answer for. She suggested using Roxburgh Castle as an alternative for the Bampton Fool's Jig, which has a perfectly good tune of its own which you now rarely hear. Sharp was as bad, The Bonny Green garters tune he published for Bampton ( the Ring made up the absurd dance we now witness) came from Headington ( the actual Bampton tune and dance are much more satisfying)
and the Brighton Camp tune he published for Eynsham ( who used a medley of tunes) was collected in Bampton. He also invented dance names, like 'Leapfrog' ( Glorishears) and Step Back ( Molly Oxford). Many7 also refer to Fieldtown ( Leafield) amd it's 'signpost' dance ( Shepherd's hey. Most traditional teams used a variety of tines for their standard dances, with a few that seemed to demand a partucular tune. I've seen several 'new' tunes introduced in bampton over the years.