Annotation:Happy Fisherman (The)
X:1 T:Happy Fisherman, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig N:Under section of "Dances, 1787". B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, p. 21) B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - 24 Country Dances for the Year 1787 (London, 1787, p. 21) N:" As they are Perform'd at Court, Bath and all Publick Assemblys ." Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A A2A cBc|dfd Bcd|cBA AGA|BGE EFG| A2A cBc|dfd Bcd|cBA|EFG|A3 [A,3A3]:| |:fdA FDf|ecA E[Cc]e|dcB cBA|GAB EFG| A2A cBc|dfd Bcd|cBA EFG|A3 [A,3A3]:|]
HAPPY FISHERMAN, THE. English, Country Dance Tune or Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune 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.
