Country Sheep-Shearing (The)

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 Theme code Index    524 313
 Also known as    Lad with the Trousers On (The), Old Spand Hornpipe, Waterman's Dance
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Dorian
 Time signature    3/4
 History    
 Structure    ABC
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Thomas D'Urfey
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Pills to Purge Melancholy
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Country Sheep-Shearing (The): Annotations


X:1
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T:County Sheep-Shearing, The
T:Waterman's Dance, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:"From Durfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy"
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune-Book (1853, p. 107)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
f2c2e2|d2B2d2|c2A2c2|e6|e2f2e2|d4 c2|
f2c2e2|d2B2d2|c2A2c2|f6|f2g2f2|=e4 c2||
f2c2B2|A4B2|c6|e6|e3fe2|d4 c2|
f2c2B2|A4 B2|c6|f6|f2g2f2|=e4 c2||
A4 c2|G4c2|F4c2|e6|e2f2e2|d4 c2|
A4 c2|G4c2|F4c2|f6|f2g2f2|=e4 c2||
X:1
T:Country Sheep-Shearing, The; or, The Waterman’s Dance
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:"Moderate"
N:”From Durfey’s Pills to Purge Melancholy.” 
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 2 (1854, p. 107)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion 
K:Cdor
f2c2e2|d2B2d2|c2A2c2|e6|e2f2e2|d4 c2|
f2c2e2|d2B2d2|c2A2c2|f6|f2g2f2|=e4 c2||f2c2B2|
A4B2|c6|e3f e2|d4c2|f2c2B2|A4 B2|
c6|f6|f2g2f2|=e4c2||A4c2|G4c2|F4c2|e6|
e2f2e2|d4c2|A4c2|G4c2|F4c2|f6|f2g2f2|=e4c2||

Country Sheep-Shearing (The): Annotations