Kendal Ghyll jig

Also known as Candle Ghyll, Candle Gill, Kendall Ghyll.

There are 3 recordings of this tune.

Kendal Ghyll has been added to 2 tune sets.

Kendal Ghyll has been added to 9 tunebooks.

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One setting

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X: 1
T: Kendal Ghyll
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:d2 e f2 g|fed cBA|d2 e f2 g|agf gfe|
d3 def|A3 AGF|G2 B A2 G|AFD D3:|
|:F3 A3|cBA cBA|G3 B3|dcB dcB|
F3 A3|cBA cBA|G2 B A2 G|AFD D3:|

Three comments

Kendal Ghyll

It seems that the first c is sometimes alternatively played sharp

Fiddlers Companion

CANDLE GILL. AKA – “Candle Ghyll,” “Kendal Ghyll.” English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Known as a Cumbrian tune.

X: 1
T:Candle Gill.
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Vicker’s MS
R:Jig
Z:C.G.P
K:G
G2AB2c|BAG FED|G2AB2c|dcB AGF|G2G GAB|!D2DD2B,|C2ED2C|B,G,G,G,3:|
|:B,2B,D2B,|DE=F FED|!C2CE2C|EFG GEC|B,2B,D2B,|GAB =FDB,|C2ED2C|B,G,G,G,3:|]

Re: Kendal Ghyll

Splendid session tune - deserves to be much better known.

I play in a Lakeland session within a few miles of Kendal, and as Edgar Bolton points out, we do play the first C as a sharp.