Boatman (1)

 BOATMAN [1] (Boate Man). English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 or 6/4 time). D Major (Fleming-Williams): C Major (Barnes, Chappell, Karpeles, Sharp). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Chappell): ABB (Sharp): AABB (Barnes, Fleming-Williams, Karpeles). The air was first published by John Playford in the first edition of The English Dancing Master (1650) and again in his Musick's Recreation on the Viol, Lyra-way (1661). Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1989. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pp. 308-309. Fleming- Williams & Shaw (English Dance Airs; Popular Selection, Book 1), 1965; p. 7. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 18. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 37. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 43.

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