King of the Cannibal Islands
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"King of the Cannibal Islands", also known as "Nottingham Swing",<br> "Hilly-Go Filly-Go All the Way", "Cumberland Reel" or "Vulcan's Cave"<br> is an English jig in D Major. The parts are played AABBCC.<br> It is a popular jig under a variety of titles, including "Cabbages<br> and Onions", "The Cannibal Islands", "Hokee Pokee Wonkee Fum",<br> "Les Deux Rivales", "Les Rivals" and "Nottingham Swing".<br> The melody has been the vehicle for numerous songs and dances.<br> According to Anthony Bennett's article "Rivals Unravelled: A Broadside<br> Song and Dance" in Folk Music Journal, vol. 6, no. 4, 1993, the tune<br> originally was a composition of John Charles White, published as the<br> third set of a quadrille in Les Deux Rivales/The Two Rivals. White<br> himself adapted it as a country dance and called it "Vulcan's Cave".<br> "King of the Cannibal Islands" (the Cannibal Islands was a name<br> associated with Fiji) is the name of a popular comic<br> song set to the melody by A. W. Humphreys about 1830 and "Sung by<br> him with great applause at the London Concerts".<br> There actually was a King of the Cannibal islands, named Seru Epenisa<br> Cakobau, head of state of the Viti Government of 1871-4, although<br> first crowned in 1867 by some European settlers. His authority was always<br> in question and the European settlers hardly seemed to acknowledge his<br> authority, but in 1871 he gained the support of European associates<br> and formed a government. Unfortunately, it was not successful and in<br> 1874 he ceded Fiji to Great Britain.<br> The tune was printed in Trim's The Musical Legacy of Thomas Hardy (1990)<br> (includes a harmony part. Only the harmony is original to Hardy's MS.).<br>
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