Key signature: Gminor
Submitted on September 26th 2007 by Dow.
This tune has been added to 5 tunebooks.
Also known as Circassian Circle, The Circassian Circle.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Hill's Fancy
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmin
|:FA|BFdc B2dc|BFdc B2ed|cFed c2ed|cFed cgec|
dFdc Bdcd|BFdc BfdB|Agec AFGA|B2d2 B2:|
|:fe|dBfe d2fe|(3dcB fB bBfB|AFcB A2cB|AFeF cFce|
(3dcB fe d2fe|(3dcB fB gBfB|Agec AFGA|B2d2 B2:|
Hill's Fancy
Because of the title, this tune is assumed by some to be a composition of James Hill. It's also more commonly known by the name of the dance - Circassian Circle. I prefer it in Bb, but it's also played in other keys like G and D. My transcription is from the Lister manuscript from the mid 1800s because I like the variations in the setting. Here's another Bb transcription from the same era, which I found on the net. This one has some nice snaps in the A-part making it sound more like a kind of schottische:
X: 1
T: Circassian Circle
M: C|
Q: 160
C: "A Hornpipe"
S: Wm Irwin, Folio MS, c1850. AGG's Transcription
R: Hornpipe
O: England
A: Lake District
Z: vmp.Chris Partington.2005
F:http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/abc/IRWIN.ABC 2007-09-26 01:44:28 UT
K: Bbmaj
dc|B<Fdc B2dc|B<Fdc B2ed|c<Fed c2ed|c<Fed cdcB|
B<Fdc B2dc|B<Fdc BcdB|cded cFGA|B2d2B2:|
|:fe|dBfe d2fe|dfga bfed|cFed c2ed|cdcB Agfe|
dBfe d2fe|dfga bfed|cdcB AFGA|B2d2B2:|
Most people play a simpler setting in G, but I don't like this as much:
X: 1
T: Circassian Circle
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
BA|GDBA G2B2|GDBA G2B2|ADcB A2c2|ABAG FDEF|
GDBA G2B2|GDBA G2B2|ABAG FDEF|G2B2 G2:|
|:dc|BGdc B2d2|BGBd gdBG|ADcB A2c2|ABAG FAdc|
BGdc B2d2|BGBd gdBG|ABAG FDEF|G2B2 G2:|
# Posted on September 26th 2007 by Dow
Hill's Fancy - Buddy Holly
"You go your way, baby, and I'll go mine Now and forever til the end of time We'll find somebody new Baby we'll say we're through You won't matter anymore"
Started running round in my head when I listened to the midi ... obviously a later version
# Posted on September 26th 2007 by spindizzy
Circassian Circle
I prefer the G version - its easier to play on the concertina. I have it on an LP somewhere, played by the Cheviot Ranters. Do you know the other tunes that make up a typical Circassian Circle set?
# Posted on September 27th 2007 by hotspur
Circassian Circle
I see that "c" has given one set by the Glencraig Scottish Dance Band
# Posted on September 27th 2007 by hotspur
Do you play it in your band, hotspur?
By the way, it's 'c', not "c". The distinction is very important.
# Posted on September 27th 2007 by Dow
Circassian Circle
No, but I'd like to introduce it as part of a set.
OK, 'c' it is.
You're up late!
# Posted on September 27th 2007 by hotspur