Gisburn

Introduction and History

The Gisburn North West Processional Morris Dance

The primary tune for the Gisburn is John of Paris/Old 95

Gisburn Processional Dance Bibliography:

Clitheroe Advertiser 17th May, 1979
Douglas, Leta, 1934, Article attributed to Leta Douglas “Three More Dances of the Yorkshire Dales”
Janet Dowles, Clitheroe ( photographs, newspaper clips, CMM Notation for The Gisburn: Clitheroe Morris Men Notation Sheet 1: : author unknown, possibly Bruce Dowles: no date but circa late 1970s/early 1980s))
http://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Gisburn_Processional author unknown
http://www.gisburn.org.uk/gisburnvillage/traditions.htm author unknown
http://www.lancashirefolk.co.uk/Morris_Information.htm
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 17th May 1979
Lancaster Guardian, Friday 13th July, 1951
Manchester Morris Men Archive: pictures courtesy and copyright of Manchester Morris Men Archives.
Middlehurst, David, Pictures from David Middlehurst (Flicker) and loaned also to Manchester Morris Men Archive
Pilling, Julian, English Folk Dance and Song Spring 1968, Morris Dancing In Gisburn, pages 10 -11, originally printed in The Dalesman in 1966
Smith, Roy, http://www.lancashirefolk.co.uk/Morris_Information.htm (Written by Roy Smith, Preston) MORRIS HISTORY/PHOTOS: The History of Morris
WMF/RD Notes Manchester Morris Men and other sources and hand written source WMF/RD’s Notes on Garland Dance and Lancashire and Cheshire morris.