Blow Away the Morning Dew

 BLOW AWAY THE MORNING DEW. New England, Air and Contra Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. This famous folk air was adapted for contra dancing by caller Dudley Laufman (Canterbury, New Hampshire) from the singing of Richard Dyer Bennett. Printed source: Laufman (Okay, Let's Try a Contra, Men on the Right, Ladies on the Left, Up and Down the Hall), 1973; p. 3.

X: 1 T:Blow Away the Morning Dew B:The Seeds of Love, Stephen Sedley, EFDSS,1967 S:William Bartlett, Wimbourne, Dorset Z:Hammond F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs M:4/4    %Meter L:1/8    % K:G D2 |D2 G2 G2 G2 |G2 G2 G2 B2 |A2 G2 F2 G2 | A6 w:There was a knight was drunk with wine Came rid-ing down the way A2 |A2 d2 d2 d2 |c2 B2 A2 A2 |G2 E2 E2 E2 | c4 w:And there he met a lad-y fair a-mong the cocks of hay B2 A2 |G2 G2 G2 E2 |E2 D2 D4 |d3 e d2 B2 | d8| w:Sing-ing loud-ly whist-le in the wind Blow the wind hi ho e2 d2 d2 c2 |B2 A2 G2 c2 |B3 B A2 G2 | G6 |] w:Blow a-way the morn-ing dew How sweet the winds do blow

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