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Music

The tunes for the dance were collected by Maud Karpeles when she visited Richard Porter at his home in Hindley on November 9th 1931.

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The version sung by Richard Porter - (unfortunately Maud Karpeles' notation above provided no time signature)

The version with variations from MS band parts

Transcriptions of the different versions contained in Maud Karpeles' handwritten notation (opens in popup window)


In 1936 Columbia Records released "The Abram Circle Dance" by the Folk Dance Octet', arranged by Arnold Foster