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Thread #156947   Message #3701520
Posted By: doc.tom
13-Apr-15 - 06:08 AM
Thread Name: songs with a slipjig beat
Subject: RE: songs with a slipjig beat
I always thought MCs Byker Hill tune was the 'B' phrase of the 9/8 pipe tune Dorrington Lads (see Northumbrian Minstrelsy) not The Drunken Collier (which must be a version The Drunken Piper). Bonny Black Hare is, I think, in 8/8 split 3-2-3. If you want another 9/8 song tune, try John Applebey.