Lichfield Tunes
Lichfield Morris Dancers (Ref: OM 29)
Sources: Jour EFDSS Vol. VIII No 2, 1957 (compiled
by Alex Helm). This tells of the recovery of the Litchfield tradition, and contains most of the authentic
material available; it derives mainly from notations of three unknown collectors in 1898/99 (RD
believes 10 years later), and from a 1924/25 dancer. It leaves room for interpretation, and I
am indebted for much help to Jack Brown (JB) of the Staffordshire Morris Men
and John Venables of the Green Man's Morris (GMM). There are minor differences in performance
between these two clubs, which have specialised in the tradition.
All the Winds was a solo jig, no music - performed to the rattle of bones and using four hats, they whistled
"Pop Goes the Weasel at practices.
For an account of "The Morris in Lichfield" see Roy Judge's article in
Folklore, Vol 103:ii, 131-159, 1992
Photo: Lichfield Morris Dancers Ring Archive, Ref: OM 29
The abc format file is at abc/Lichfield.abc.
See comments on the index page about using abc files.
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