Annotation:Let's be merry o'er the Year
X:1 T:Let's be merry o'er the Year M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1788, No. 123, p. 62) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A A2 ce fece|feca ec B2|A2 ce feca|ecBA F2A2:| |:agfe faec|defg ac Tc2|A2 ce feca|ecBA F2A2:|]
LET'S BE MERRY O'ER THE YEAR. AKA and see "Bellman (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This convivially-titled tune appears unique to London publisher Samuel, Ann and Peter Thompson's 1788 Compleat Collection, vol. 5.