Annotation:Heaving of the Lead
X:1 T:Heaving of the Lead M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Andante" B:William Cahusac – The German Flute Preceptor (c. 1814, p. 14) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G (GA)|B2B2A2 (c>A)|G2F2G2 zD|(GA)(Bc) d3d|(ef)(ge) {e}d2zd| g3f e3d|(^cB)(AG) {G}F2 zA|d2d2 (Be)(fg)|d2^c2d2 zd| g3 g(gf2)f|(fe)e2 {e}d2zd|(dB2)e (cA2)d|B-G2 ^c|d4| G>G A2G4|"ad lib"B>B c2!fermata!B3B|"a tempo"(Ae)(dc) (cB)(dB)| (Ae)(dc) (cB)(dB)|(cB)(AB) (cB)(cd)|(ed)(ef) !fermata!g4|B3c {B}A4|G2z2z2||
HEAVING OF THE LEAD. English, Air (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Cahusac): AABB (Calvert, Gibbons). A seasong by English composer wikipedia:William Shield (1748–1828), a genre for which he was famous. It was composed in 1793. The title refers to the old nautical procedure for depth sounding; a lead weight was attached to a line and paid overboard in measured lengths.
For England when with a fav'ring gale,
Our gallant ship up Channel steer'd.
The melody was published on a song sheet in Philadelphia by Carr & Co. in 1793, who wasted no time in circulating the popular English song in America.
