Wa' is me what mun I do?

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 Theme code Index    555 531
 Also known as    Epsom Wells, Scotch Lover at Epsom (The), Woe is me what Man I do
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:James Paisible
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    ENGLAND(London and South East)
 Structure    AAB, AABB, AABBCCDDEEFFGG
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Henry Playford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Dancing Master (supplement to the 9th edition)
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 11
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1698
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X:1 T:Waa is me what mun I do M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune F:http://www.farnearchive.com/show_images.asp?id=R0111302&image=1 S:Henry Atkinson music manuscript collection (1694, p. 113) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F c3f cA|c2A2F2|d3 f dB|d2B2G2| c f2a gf|g2c2A2|B<c dcBA|GF fe f2:| afcagf|g2c2A2|fd Af dA|^B2 (B/c/d) G2| gecgec|d^B d^B Gg|dg eg dg|(e/d/e) (f/e/)(e/c/) c2| f>e fgfe|f3g f2|g>f gagf|g3a g2| a>g abag|abag f2|f>g (f/g/a) (gf)|fgfc f2||


X:1 T:Epson Wells or, Wa’ is Me, What Mun I Do? M:3/4 L:1/8 S:Henry Playford – Dancing Master, supplement to the 9th edition (1696) K:F c3 fcA|c2A2F2|d3 fdB|d2B2G2|c f2 agf|g2c2A2| B>cdcBA|GFfe f2:||afcagf|g2c2A2|fdAfdA|=B2 (B/c/d) G2| gecgec|d=BdB2G2g|dgegdg|ed/e/ f/e/d/c/ c2|f>e fgfe|f3g f2| g>fgagf|g3 a g2|a>gabag|a>bag f2|f>g f/g/a gf|fgfc f2||


X:2 T:Scotch Lover at Epsom, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:D'Urfey - Wit and Mirth; or, Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. 1 (1719, p. 53) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F c3f cA|c2A2F2|d3f dB|d2B2G2|c f2a gf|g2c2A2| Bc dc BA|GF fe f2||c3f cA|c2A2F2|d3f dB|d2B2G2| c f2 a gf|g2c2A2|Bc dc BA|GF fe f2||af ca gf|g2c2A2| fd Af dA|=B2 (B/c/d) G2|ge cg ec|d=B d=B Gg|dg eg fg| (ed/e/) (f/e/)(d/c/) c2|fe fgfe|f3g f2|gf ga gf| g3a g2|a>g ab ag|a>b ag ff|f>g (f/g/a) gf|(f>g) fc f2||


X:1 T:Epsom Wells M:3/4 L:1/8 N:”Longways for as many as will.” B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth B: (London, 1740, No. 75) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F c3f cA|c2A2F|d3f dB|d2B2G2|c f2a gf|g2c2A2| B>c dc BA|GF fe f2||af ca gf|g2c2A2|fd Af dA|^B2 (B/c/d) G2| ge cg ec|d^B d^B Gg|dg eg dg|(ed/e/) (f/e/d/c/) c2|f>e f/g/f/e/|f3gf2| g>f gagf|g3ag2|a>g abag|a>b agfe|f>g (f/g/a) gf|fg fc f2||


X:1 T:Woe is me what Man I do M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 7 (1760, p. 15) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D3g dB|d2B2G2|e3g ec|e2c2A2|dggbag| a2d2TB2|c>d edcB|AGgf g2::bgdbag|a2d2TB2| geBgeB|c2 (c/d/)e A2|afdafd|e^cec Aa| eafaea|Tf3e d2|g>f gagf|g3a g2|a>g abag| a3b a2|b>a bc'ba|b>c' bagf|g>a (g/a/b) Ta>g|g3a g2:|]