
Brighton Camp
anon.
The girl I left behind me
1 min 4 sec · Score #220868
Open scoreBrighton Camp sheet music appears here in several folk settings, including one score titled "Brighton Camp" Morris Dance. The scores differ in opening key and time signature — two begin in G major, one with no sharps or flats; one is in 2/2 and two are in 4/4 — so compare those details before choosing a version.
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anon.
The girl I left behind me
1 min 4 sec · Score #220868
Open score
Misc Traditional
1 min 6 sec
Open score
Misc Traditional
With words sometimes sung to it.Stick DanceDanced at Adderbury Oxon bu the Moriss side to which William Walton belonged
2 min 12 sec
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Misc Traditional
1 min 8 sec · Score #133549
Open score
Misc Traditional
Girl I Left Behind MeThe aka. JC.105
27 sec
Open score
Misc Traditional
41 sec
Open score
Misc Traditional
Girl I left behind meThe TS.178
44 sec
Open score
Misc Traditional
1 min 12 sec
Open score
Misc Traditional
1 min 8 sec · Score #227123
Open score
Misc Traditional
1 min 3 sec · Score #145630
Open score
Misc Traditional
16 sec
Open score
Misc Traditional
Adderbury William Walton
2 min 12 sec
Open score
Misc Traditional
'W' Dance
38 sec
Open score
Misc Traditional
1 min 50 sec
Open score
Misc Traditional
32 sec
Open score
Trad.
The Girl I Left Behind Me
48 sec
Open score
Misc Traditional
1 min 4 sec
Open score
Misc Traditional
1 min 3 sec · Score #163711
Open score
Misc Traditional
1 min 4 sec
Open score
anon.
The girl I left behind me
1 min 4 sec · Score #245437
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The scores listed under Brighton Camp do not present identical opening information. Two begin in G major with a one-sharp key signature, while one begins with no sharps or flats. One score opens in 2/2 and two open in 4/4. These details are useful starting points for matching a version to a familiar tune or group arrangement, but an opening signature does not describe the whole score.
Two scores are titled simply Brighton Camp; a third is titled "Brighton Camp" Morris Dance. The Morris Dance wording distinguishes that listing, but it should not be taken as proof of a specific historical dance form or original performance context without further verification. Check the score itself for clef, range and texture.
Instrumentation is not named in the score listings, so examine the actual score before choosing. Check the clef, range and texture to see whether it presents a single melody line or a fuller setting, and whether it fits your instrument or ensemble. Match the opening key and time signature to your source version, and look for later changes of key or metre.
Catalogue duration 1 min 4 sec. Opening key signature: 1 sharp (G major). Opening time signature: 4/4.
Catalogue duration 1 min 6 sec. Opening key signature: 1 sharp (G major). Opening time signature: 2/2.
Catalogue duration 2 min 12 sec. Opening key signature: No sharps or flats. Opening time signature: 4/4.
Brighton Camp is the title shared by the scores on this page, where the listings place it in the folk genre and credit "Misc Traditional" or "anon." The settings include scores titled simply Brighton Camp and one titled "Brighton Camp" Morris Dance. Those titles alone do not establish the tune's origin or composer.
Brighton Camp scores differ at the opening in key and time signature: two open in G major with one sharp, one opens with no sharps or flats; one is in 2/2 and two are in 4/4. The listings also report different note counts and durations, but those figures describe individual scores and are not a reliable guide to difficulty or definitive length.
Brighton Camp opens in G major in two of the scores listed and with no sharps or flats in the third. An opening key signature describes only the beginning; check the rest of the score for key changes before deciding which version matches your source.
Brighton Camp is set in 2/2 in one listing and 4/4 in two listings. The time signature changes how the pulse is counted and felt, so compare the opening with a version you know before choosing a score.
One Brighton Camp score is titled "Brighton Camp" Morris Dance, which points to a Morris-dance association for that listing.
The Brighton Camp score listings do not name instruments. Examine each score's clef, range and texture to see whether it presents a single melody line or a fuller arrangement, then judge whether it suits your instrument or ensemble.
Brighton Camp listings name no individual composer: credits read "Misc Traditional" or "anon." This reflects the credits shown for these scores and does not establish the tune's historical authorship.