Charles Benfield was the main informant for the Bledington tunes, most of which were noted by Cecil Sharp and R Kenworthy Schofield at Benfield’s house at Bould, Idbury (Oxon), a hamlet about a mile from Bledington (Glos).
CJ Sharp wrote, 2 September 1909:
“Ch. Benfield was fiddler to the Bledington Morris till it lapsed about 15-20 years ago. He afterwards taught some younger men but could not induce them to continue. He is an agricultural labourer and a keen morris dancer. His fiddle was bridge-less and bow-less so he half hummed and half whistled this & following 2 tunes.” However, when the Travelling Morrice, including RK Schofield, visited Benfield in the 1920’s, they found him playing his fiddle.

Saturday Night
In the midi file, as collected, the first A music plays Sharp’s original, while the second plays his alternative.