Redowa Polka,aka. JC.263

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This is the well known Redowa Polka,although untitled in the MS,It raise one or two points.Firstly, polkas were not introduced into this country until 1848,according to V.Sylvester and J.Richardson,and yet a couple tunes ago we were apparently in 1834.Secondly,whoever pricked it down not at all familiar with the polka rhythm,especially the time sig..Eithe "T.Williams,1834" refers to something other than the collection date,or John Clare put the MS down for a few years and came back to it in a fit of sanity, or enthusiasm for the new dance rhythm, or somebody else entirely was responsible for entering this tune(not by any means rare :fiddlers tune books)Reference to the original MS may c

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John Clare,Poet,Helpstone (1793-1864)

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X:14077
T:Redowa Polka,aka. JC.263
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:100
S:John Clare,Poet,Helpstone (1793-1864)
R:Polka
O:England4
A:Northamptonshire
N:This is the well known Redowa Polka,although untitled in the MS,It
N:raise
N:one or two points.Firstly, polkas were not introduced into this country
N:until 1848,according to V.Sylvester and J.Richardson,and yet a couple
N:of
N:tunes ago we were apparently in 1834.Secondly,whoever pricked it down
N:wa
N:not at all familiar with the polka rhythm,especially the time
N:sig..Eithe
N:"T.Williams,1834" refers to something other than the collection date,or
N:John Clare put the MS down for a few years and came back to it in a fit
N:of sanity, or enthusiasm for the new dance rhythm, or somebody else
N:entirely was responsible for entering this tune(not by any means rare
N:in
N::fiddlers tune books)Reference to the original MS may c
Z:P Headford
K:G
"As Writ"G/B/d2dd2|dedc BB|GAB GAB|B2A2A2|A/B/c2cc2|cdcB AA|
FGA FGA|B2G2G2:|!:G/B/d2d2c/B/|B2A AGA|A/c/ e2e2d/c/|cB BAB2|
G/B/d2d2c/e/"B"|A/c/ e2e2d/f/|g3e d/c/B/A/|B2G2G2:|!:D2G2G/A/G/F/|E2A2A/
B
/A/G/|
F2DE2F|G/F/G/B/e2d2|D2G2G/A/G/F/|E2A2A/B/A/G/|F2DE2F|G2G2G2:|!
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