Ilmington Tunes
Sam Bennett of Ilmington
Sources: MB I; RD (Sharp'sMSS; RKSS's MSS).
RKS's information came largely from Sam Bennett, Ilmington dancer and fiddler,
who was teaching the dances up till 1945.
Dancing in Ilmington underwent a series of revivals, with resulting variations in the dancing: hence the alternative versions.
"The modern side was started in 1974 largely with men with connections with the village, or from Shipston-on-Stour. In 1899 Sam Bennett had the horse made which the side still uses. It was preserved in the village by the Village School during the period before the current side was started. This is the only traditional horse with close connections to Traditional Morris."
Dancing in Ilmington underwent a series of revivals, with resulting variations in the dancing: hence the alternative versions.
"The modern side was started in 1974 largely with men with connections with the village, or from Shipston-on-Stour. In 1899 Sam Bennett had the horse made which the side still uses. It was preserved in the village by the Village School during the period before the current side was started. This is the only traditional horse with close connections to Traditional Morris."
See The Traditional Ilmington Morris Men
The abc format file is at abc/Ilmington.abc. See comments on the index page about using abc files.
- Shepherds' Hey MDT (from Bidford. The Ilmington tune
(RKS from Bennett) is closely similar - The Cuckoo's Nest MDT
- The Cuckoo's Nest CJS MSS
- The Cuckoo's Nest CJS MSS
- The Black Joke MDT
- Constant Billy CJS MSS
- Constant Billy RKS MSS
- The Jubilee Dance RKS MSS
- The Maid of the Mill MDT (from Jim Hathaway of Lower Swell:
RKS from bennett is almost identical - The Maid of the Mill CJS MSS
- The Maid of the Mill RKS MSS
- The Old Woman Tossed up in a Blanket MDT
- Bumpus O'Stretton Carey MSS
- Old Molly Oxford CJS MSS
- The Buffoon RKS MSS
- Nelson's Praise RKS MSS
- The Lively Jig