Rigs o' Marlow
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Rigs o' Marlow", also known as "The Rakes of Mallow" is an English Morris Dance tune<br> in various keys: A Major (Bacon), G Major (Mallinson) and C Major (Karpeles).<br> It was originally Irish. This English Morris dance version of the old Irish tune<br> "The Rakes of Mallow" was collected from the village of Headington, Oxfordshire,<br> in England's Cotswolds. Cecil Sharp collected the dance on Boxing Day, 1899, during a<br> visit to Headington on his first collecting trip and the next day took down the tune<br> from the Headington musician, William 'Billy' Kimber Jr. (d. 1961). Kimber played the<br> concertina and in his younger years danced as well and had the tunes to accompany the<br> dances from his father.<br> It was used by Gustav Holst in his Six Morris Dance Tunes, Set 2.<br> It was printed in Bacon's The Morris Ring (1974), Karpeles & Schofield's A Selection of<br> 100 English Folk Dance Airs (1951), Mallinson's Mally's Cotswold Morris Book, vol.2 (1988). <br> <br>
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