Off She Goes (1)

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 Theme code Index    3451H 3452
 Also known as    Danse des Sutins (La), Gigue du bonhomme (La), Lancer's Quadrille, Launch (The), Off She Goes for Butter and Cheese, Peel the Willow, Rustic Reel (2), Rustic Dance (2), Ta si ag imteacd, Up She Got and Off She Went
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, United States
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille, Slide
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AB, AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Thomas Calvert
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of Marches & Quick Steps Strathspeys & Reels
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 15
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1799
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Off She Goes

Played by: Christopher Hedge - Moss Beach, United States
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Thomas Rowlandson - Off She Goes - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Off She Goes




Off She Goes (1)

X: 1 T:Off Shew Goyes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thomas Calvert - Marches & Quick Steps, Strathspeys & Reels (1799, p. 15) Z: AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble F2A G2B|ABA [F3d3]|F2A G2B|AGF ~E3| F2A G2B|ABA [F2d2]e|Tf2d g2f|Tedc [F3d3]|| (f/g/a)f d2f|(e/f/g)e c2e|(f/g/a)f d2f|Tedc [F3d3]| (f/g/a)f d2f|(e/f/g)e c2e|d2g {f/g/}a2f|gec [F3d3]|| V:2 clef = bass [D,,3D,3][D,,3D,3]|[D,,3D,3][D,,3D,3]|[D,,3D,3][D,,3D,3]|[A,,3E,3][A,,3E,3]| [D,,3D,3][D,,3D,3]|[D,,3D,3][D,,3D,3]|D,2F, G,3|A,2A,, D,3|| D,3D,3|A,3A,3|D,3D,3|A,2A,, D,3| D,3D,3|A,3A,3|D,3F,3|A,2A,, D,3||


X:2 T:Off She Goes M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig and Country Dance Tune B:Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year B:1805 (London, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble name="2." [V:1] F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AFD E3| F2A G2B|ABc d2e|f2d g2f|edc d3:| |:faf d2f|ege c2e|f2d g2f|ecA A2g| faf d2f|ege c2e|f2d g2f|edc d3:|]


X:3 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Button & Whitaker's Selection of Dances, Reels, Waltzes No. 1 (undated, early 19th century) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble name="3." [V:1] F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AGF E3| F2A G2B|ABc d3|gaf g2f|edc d3:| |:faf d2f|gbg e2g|faf d2f|gec d3| faf d2f|ege c2A|B2c d2B|gec d3:|]


X: 4 T:Off She Goes [1]. WCa.13 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 S:Wm. Calvert MS, 1812, Leyburn, Yorks. R:.Jig O:England A:North Yorkshire Z:vmp.Chris Partington, May 2003 K:D V:1 clef=treble name="4." [V:1] F2AG2B|ABAd3|F2AG2B|AFDE3|! F2AG2B|ABAd3|f2dg2f|edcd3:|! |:fafd2f|egec2e|fafd2f|edcd3|! fafd2f|egec2e|f2dg2f|edcd3:|


X: 5 T:Off She Goes [1]. RH.458 R:jig S:Rev.R.Harrison's MS,c1815,Cumbria O:England A:Temple Sowerby,Cumbria Z:vmp.Simon Wilson. Review PJH, 2008. M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 K:D V:1 clef=treble name="5." [V:1] F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AGF E3| F2A G2B|ABc d3|f2d g2f|edc d3:|! |:faf def|eae cde|faf def|ecA A3| faf def|eae cde|faf gec|ddd d3:|


X:90 C:Page 44 T:Off she goes [1]. MBe.90 A:England;Cumbria;Towcett B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815 Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=100 R: N:The last 3 bars of the B music are on the next page - ie page 45 N:Someone has added, in another (modern) hand, something like "to Merrimashee" N:-which is an entirely different tune. K:D F2 A G2 B|ABc d3|F2 A G2 B|AFD E3| F2 A G2 B|ABc d3|def agf|edc d3:| |:faf d2 f|eae c2 e|faf d2 f|ecA A3| faf d2 f|eae c2 e|faf gec|d3 d3:|


X:1 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 29) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 445) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F2AG2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AGF E3| F2A G2B|ABc d2e|f2d g2f|edc d3:| |:g|faf d2f |gbg e2g|faf d2f|ecA A2g| faf d2f|gbg e2g|f2d g2f|edc d2:|


X: 6 T:Off She Goes [1]. HSJJ.124 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 S:HSJ Jackson,Wyresdale,Lancs.1823 R:.Jig O:England A:Lancashire H:1823 Z:vmp.Chris Partington. K:D V:1 clef=treble name="6." [V:1] {c}d2B AFA|B2dA3|B2Gg2f|efd cBA|! {c}d2B AFA|Bcd AB=c|BGB cde|fged2z:|! f2da2f|e2ca2c|dcd fed|cde AB=c|! BGB Bcd|cAB cde|fga bgf|efd" DC" cBA|]


X: 7 T:Off She Goes [1]. JaW.120 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 S:James Winder Ms, Lancashire, 1835-41 R:.Jig O:England A:Wyresdale,Lancashire Z:vmp.Chris Partington, Aug 2004 K:D V:1 clef=treble name="7." [V:1] F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AGF E3|! F2A G2B|ABc d3|f2d g2e|edc d3:|! |:faf def|eae cde|faf def|ecA A3|! faf def|eae cde|faf gec|ddd d3:|


X:8 T:Off She Goes [1],aka. JBs.024 S:Jas.Blackshaw MS, 1837, N.Shropshire Z:T.Weatherall 2006 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 A:North Shropshire R:Jig F:http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/abc/blkshw.abc K:C V:1 clef=treble name="8." [V:1] E2GF2A|GABc3|E2GF2A|GFE D3|! E2GF2A|GABc3|ege f2e|dcB "cr. in MS."c3:|! |:ege c2e|dfd B2d|e2cf2d|dBG G2c|! egec2e|dfd B2d|e2cf2d|dcB"cr. in MS."c3:|


X:9 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs (1841, No. 178, p. 91) H:Irish - born Clinton was a flute teacher for the Royal Academy, London Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="9." [V:1] "Allegro"(B2d) (c2e)|(de).f g3|(B2d) (c2e)|(eB).G A3| (B2d) (c2e)|(de).f g3|(bd').b (c'2b)|(ag).f g3:| |:(bd').b (.g2.b)|(c'e').c' .a2.c'|(bd').b (ef).g|(af).d .d3| (b/c'/d').b g2b|(c'/d'/e').c' a2c'|(bd').b (c'2b)|(ag).f .g3:|]


X: 10 T:Off She Goes [1]. WHG.014 R:jig S:W.H.Giles MS,Bampton,Oxfordshire,1839p15 O:England H:donated by Mrs W.R.Kettlewell to VWML,Apr 1927. A:Bampton, Oxfordshire Z:PJHeadford - VMP 2009 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 K:D V:1 clef=treble name="10." [V:1] |:F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|"^as writ"ABc d3|\ f2d {a}g2f|edc d3:| |:faf def|eae cde|faf def|ecA A3| faf def|eae cde|faf gec|ddd d3:|


X: 11 T:Off She Goes [1]. JC.262 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:120 S:John Clare,Poet,Helpstone (1793-1864) R:Jig O:England4 A:Northamptonshire N:No Key sig in MS...Although this exists as a Broadside, Deacon says he N:cannot trace it as such from any oral sources.Since it exists very N:commonly in tune books, the inference must be that it was generally N:known as only a dance N:tune.CGP. Z:P Headford K:D V:1 clef=treble name="11." [V:1] F2AG2B|ABcd3|F2AG2B|AFD"crot"E3|!F2AG2B|ABc"crot"d3|def agf| edc"crot"d3:|:!faf def|eae cde|faf def|ecA"crot"A3|! faf def|eae cde|faf gec|"crots"d3d3:|] W:Song text exists. See Deacon.


X:12 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:James Goodman music manuscript collection, vol. 1 S:County Cork, mid-19th century, p. 186 F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=189&z=1131.4252%2C836.8959%2C7374.2874%2C4466.6667 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble name="12." [V:1] F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AGF E3| F2A G2B|ABc d2e|f2d g2f|edc d3:| |:faf d2f|ege c2e|faf d2f|ecA A3| faf d2f|ege c2e|f2d g2f|edc d3:|


X:13 T:Off she Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Very Quick" B:P.M. Haverty - One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2 (1858, No. 140, p. 64) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble name="13." [V:1] F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AFD E3| F2A G2B|ABc d3|f2d g2f|edc d3:| |:faf (f2f)|gbg (e2g)|faf (d2f)|ecA A2z| faf d2f|gbg e2g|f2d g2f|edc d2z:|]


X: 14 T:Off She Goes [1]. GHW.069 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 S:George H.Watson,MS,Swanton Abbott,Norfolk,c1890 R:.Jig O:England A:Norfolk Z:vmp.Taz Tarry K:D V:1 clef=treble name="14." [V:1] A|F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2AG2B|AFD E3|! F2AG2B|ABc d2e|f2d({ef}g2)f|edc d2:|! |:g|(f/g/a)f d2f|(e/f/g)e c2 e|(f/g/a)fd2f|edc d2 g|! (f/g/a)f d2f|(e/f/g)e c2 e|d2f a2 f|gec d2:|


X:15 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Stewart - Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D Major V:1 clef=treble name="15." [V:1] A|F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AFD E3| F2A G2B|ABc d2e|f2d g2f|edc d2:| |:g|f/g/af d2f|g/a/bg e2g|f/g/af d2f|ecA A2g| f/g/af d2f|g/a/bg e2g|f2d g2f|edc d2:|]


X:16 T:Off She Goes [1] B:American Veteran Fifer #66 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:1/8=300 K:D t=8 V:1 clef=treble name="16." [V:1] F2A G2B | ABc d3 | F2A G2B | AFD E3 | F2A G2B | ABc d3 | f2d g2f | edc d2 z :| |: faf d2f | gbg e2g | faf d2f | ecA A3 | faf d2f | gbg e2g | f2dg2f | edc d3 :|


X:17 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig K:D V:1 clef=treble name="17." [V:1] A|F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AFD E3| F2A G2B|ABc d2e|f2d g2f|edc d2:| M:9/8 V:1 clef=treble name="17." [V:1] f2a f2d e2f |\ M:6/8 gbg efg | f2a f2d | ecA A3 | [M:9/8]f2a f2d e2f |[M:6/8]gbg efg | fed g2f | edc d3 :|


X:18 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Walter Bulwer (1959), of Shipdham, Norfolk N:The odd - measured second part seems idiosyncratic with Bulwer Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="18." [V:1] B2d c2e|def g2d|B2d c2e|dcB A3| B2d c2e|def g3|B2G c2B|AGF G3:| [M:9/8]|:(B2d) B2G A2B|[M:6/8]c2e c2A|B2d B2G|A2F D3| [M:9/8](B2d) B2G A2B|[M:6/8]c2e c2A|B2d B2g|A3 G3:|


X:1 T:Off She Goes M:6/8 L:1/8 N:From an August 24, 1966, field recording of the playing of Fidel N:Martin (1891-1976) of Berlin N.H., originally from Rogersville, NB, recorded N:by folklorist Art Rosenbaum. Martin, a WWI veteran, had a repertory that N:consisted of Acadian, Irish, American and French-Canadian tunes. D:https://bmac.libs.uga.edu/index.php/Detail/objects/331506 F:UGA Brown Media Archives: identifier artrosen_0056 (Track 16 -07:38 on the tape) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D SD-FA G2B|AFA d2d|D-FA GGB|AFA ((3EFED)| F2A GGB|AFA d2e|faa g(f/g/f)|ece ddd| F2A GGB-|AFA dcd|F2A GGB|AFA EED| FFA G2B|AFA d2e|faa gf(g/f/|e)ce d2|| (f|{g}fe)f def|gfg e2(f|{g}fe)f dfd|cAB A2(f| {g}fe)f def|gfg efg|fdf (g/f/e)c|Add d2(f| {g}fe)f def|gfg e2(f|{g}fe)f dfd|cAB A2(f {g}fe)f def|gf(g/f/ e)fg|fdf {g}fec|edd d2 dS||


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