Lewis Proudlock's

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on March 30th 2004 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 19 tunebooks.

Also known as Belle Isle's March, Bellisle's March, General Monk's Goosestep, General Monk's March, Monk's March, Proudlock's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Blowing Through The Reeds by Steve Shaw And Martin Cole
The Ceilidh Album by Dave Swarbrick
The Northumbrian Small Pipes by Various Artists

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

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Proudlock's

This tune usually goes by the name of "Proudlock's Hornpipe". It is often attributed to James Hill (e.g. Henrik Norbeck index and other net sources) but I believe this to be false. Hill did write a tune called "Proudlock's Fancy" and this may be where the confusion lies. Proudlock's Fancy is a completely different tune written in Hill's "notes all over the place" style. This tune isn't like that at all - its simplicity is beautiful and it's one of my favourite hornpipes for sure. It seems to be creeping into the Irish repertoire but I haven't met anyone in Sydney who plays it. Any info on Lewis Proudlock would be much appreciated - Proudlock of Rothbury??

# Posted on March 30th 2004 by Dow

Never mind the Proudlock's

Dowis spot on - its another Hill attribution in the same way as Blaydon Flats.I have also heard it attributed to Whinham but I think its too early for him. As for who wasProudlock? Proudlock is a common enough Geordie surname. I've just checked the telephone directory and there are 27 Proudlocks listed for Tyneside

Noel Jackson
Angels of the North

# Posted on April 4th 2004 by noelbats

Proudlock

I thought maybe Lewis Proudlock might have been a famous musician at one time, or related to someone who was. This sounds like a pipe tune to me so I thought maybe a piper - looks like the answer has been lost in the mists of time.

# Posted on April 4th 2004 by Dow

Monk's March

Apparently this is a variant of a morris tune called "General Monk's March" which first appeared in Playford's "Dancing Master" (1665), so it is indeed a very old tune. A version of that tune is below (dotted rhythm has been omitted):

T:General Monk's March
|:D2|G2GB A2Ac|Bdge d3c|BdBG AcAF|G2GA G2:|
Bc|dedc B2B2|cdcB A2A2|dedc B2B2|cdec AcBA|
G2GB A2Ac|Bdge d3c|BdBG AcAF|G2GA G2||

# Posted on September 12th 2004 by Dow

"March" does not refer to tune genre, but rather the following (from the Fiddler's Companion):

"The melody was in tradition was collected from dancers in the village Sherborne, Gloucestershire, in England's Cotswolds. The dance itself is a heel-and-toe step dance which is said to be a satire on a Colonel or General Monck, who, while he sympathized with the Royalist cause during the English Civil War, fought on the side of Cromwell's Roundheads. The story goes that Monck resolved his moral conflict by marching to battle so slowly that he missed each conflict".

# Posted on September 12th 2004 by Dow

"Heel and Toe"

This in its various guises was the classic couple dance for 'marches'...

# Posted on June 10th 2005 by ceolachan