Hi Richard, I think "Cut and Dry Dolly" is named for the celebration of the last cut of corn/grain/hay, whatever it was. Here's an abc of the tune as given in Bruce and Stokoe's "Northumbrian Minstrelsy":
X:1 T:Cut and Dry Dolly M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Bruce & Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g|d/B/A/G/ B2|d/B/A/G/ g/f/e/f/|gG B2|Gddg| d/B/A/G/ B2|d/B/A/G/ g/f/e/f/|gA c2|Aee:| |:f|g>ef>d|e>cd>B|gG B2|Bd de/f/| g>ef>d|e>cd>B|gA c2|Aee:|| There are also variations for it the NPS Repertoire of Variation Sets book - copies are still available from the NPS. Cheers, Richard >----Original Message---- >From: rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk >Date: 01/09/2011 12:44 >To: "NSP group"<nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu> >Subj: [NSP] Harvest tunes > >Our band is playing for a Harvest Festival in a church in MK later this > month, partly to accompany their hymns, and partly to play a few > seasonally relevant tunes at some point. > Other than the obvious Harvest Home h'pipe and one or two others, I'm > not finding many good tune titles yet, and would welcome suggestions. > Useful ones would be good, though I suspect the usual suspects will > think of others too... > Not necessarily nsp repertoire, just anything you know of, please. > (Playford and John Offord both seem to have very little to offer, > surprisingly, I was expecting loads of trad titles to leap out at me, > as they do for some other times of the year.) > With thanks, > Richard, > -- > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
