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Theme code Index
1H363 1H62H7
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
F
Accidental
1 flat
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Longman Lukey & Broderip
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances Cotillons
Tune and/or Page number
Section IV, p. 94
Year of publication/Date of MS
1776
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score (1 )
X:1
T:Poor Tom
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
N:Section labeled "1781"
B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson -- Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1788; No. 188, p. 92)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
fFG ABc|dcB AGF|f>ef def|gaf edc|
f>FG ABc|dcB AGF|agf edc|dfe f3:|
|:faf geg|fdf ecA|fga gfe|fed c3|
dBd cAc|BGB ABc|def gec|BAG F3:|]
X:2
T:Poor Tom. Roose.0180
B:Roose MS, 1850
Z:Village Music Project 2019 Roger Hare
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=80
K:F
|: f>FG ABc | dcB AGF | f>ef def | gaf edc |
f>FG ABc | dcB AGF | agf edc | dfe f3 :|
|: afa geg | fdf ecA | fga gfe | fed c3 |
dBd cAc | BGB ABc | def gec | BAG F3 :|