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Down South, Barn Dance, W. H. Myddleton, Hawkes & Son, (London, 1902)

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Hawkes & Son, the publishers of popular English composer, W. H. Myddleton's Down South written for piano, also published a banjo arrangement for this composition by Arthur Stanley in the same year. The notation of both versions is below. Down South was a favourite 'virtuoso' piece played by John Cuninghame and Richard Tarrant Bailey Snr at meetings of the early Bath Banjo Club, the format of which was a forerunner and model for the later BMG club movement.  

Turner's Banjo Journal No.13, Herbert J. Ellis, John Alvey Turner & Co. (London, 1885)

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Turner's Banjo Journal No.12, Herbert J. Ellis, John Alvey Turner & Co. (London, 1885)

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Turner's Banjo Journal No.11, Herbert J. Ellis, John Alvey Turner & Co. (London, 1885)

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Turner's Banjo Journal No.10, Herbert J. Ellis, John Alvey Turner & Co. (London 1884)

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Turner's Banjo Journal No.9, Herbert J. Ellis, John Alvey Turner & Co. (London, 1884)

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Turner's Banjo Journal No.8, Herbert J. Ellis, John Alvey Turner & Co. (London, 1884)

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