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X:1
T:The Curly Locks [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:William Litten's music manuscript 1800-1802
K:D
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CURLY LOCKS [2], THE. English, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Curley [sic] Locks" was entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England. There is a nursery rhyme called "Curly Locks," though what, if any, association it might have with the tune is not known.
Curly Locks, Curly Locks, wilth thou be mine?
Thou shalt not wash dishes nor yet feed the swine;
But sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam,
And feast upon strawberries, sugar and cream.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - the 1800-1802 music manuscript book of ship's fiddler William Litten, about whom little is known, save that he was a crewman aboard the H.M.S. Gorgon in the British India fleet, en route to China. His manuscript was brought to Martha's Vineyard island, Massachusetts, by Allen Coffin of Edgartown, a seafarer, although how it came into Coffin's possession is unknown.
Printed sources : - Gilfert (Gentleman's Pocket Companion for the German Flute or Violin), New York, c. 1802; p. 11. J. Hewitt (Fashionable Repertory... of Country Dances & Waltzes), New York, c. 1807-1810; p. 19. Huntington (William Litten's Tune Book), 1977; p. 30. Wilson (A Companion to the Ball Room), 1816; p. 104. Geoff Woolfe (William Winter’s Quantocks Tune Book), 2007; No. 15, p. 19 (ms. originally dated 1850).
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