Cramp (The)

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Theme code Index	5453b 5451
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Chappell
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Popular Music of the Olden Time vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 143
Year of publication/Date of MS	1859
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CRAMP, THE. English, Country Dance Tune and Air (6/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Chappell (1859) finds the only known version of the tune in Pammelia (1609) arranged with two other country dances, "to be sung all three together; it is not very trustworthy." Lyrics begin:

The cramp is in my purse full sore,
No money will bide therin-a;
And if I had some salve therefore,'
O lightly then would I sing-a;
Hay ho the cramp-a, (x3)
The cramp-a.

Printed source: Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; p. 143.

X:1
T:Cramp, The
M:6/4
L:1/8
S:Pammelia (1609)
K:Gmin
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d4d2 c4c2|d3c B2 A4G2|d3e d2 c4e2|d6 G6|c6 G2B2|
A6 G6|d6 G4B2|A6 G6|c6 G4B2|A6 G3G e2|d8||