Two Grumpy Old Men Set 11

With our melodeon player Kevin unable to join us today, Robin and I recorded four new sets of tunes this week.
Set 11 consists of just one tune, Hole in the Wall composed by Henry Purcell.
This tune originally appears as movement 8 in Henry Purcell’s theatrical production, Abdenazar (1695) and later was incorporated into Playford’s Dancing Master as early as the 1701 edition. The name, “Hole in the Wall” has several meanings in Purcell’s day. The first is meant to be descriptive of a pub or tavern that is nestled in a row of buildings. The second may be referring to an actual pub in Dublin that served soldiers of a nearby barracks through an actual hole in the wall. The third reference could go back to Shakespeare, where lovers would exchange words or notes through a hole in the wall.