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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
Also known as "Come You Not from Newcastle?".<br> The air was published in the first edition of The English Dancing Master (1651),<br> where it was the tune for a special country dance, a "round for 4 couples".<br> "Newcastle" appears through the 8th edition of 1690, after which it was dropped.<br> The English city of Newcastle is in Northumberland, near the border with Scotland. <br> "Newcastle" is a popular melody with early music groups. The Newcastle dance<br> most often seen in modern times is from Cecil Sharp in the 2nd volume of the<br> Country Dance Book in 1911, altered by Sharp in the 6th volume of the Country<br> Dance Book in 1922.<br> It was also printed in Chappell's Popular Music of the Olden Time,<br> vol. 1, (1859) and Karpeles & Schofield's A Selection of 100 English Folk<br> Dance Airs (1951).<br> It was recorded on The English Country Dancing Master, vol 2 by The Telemann Society<br> Country Capers by The New York Renaissance Band and A Trip to Kilburn by<br> The Baltimore Consort.<br>
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