By Men Belov'd

 BY MEN BELOV'D. English, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This air (which has 6 measures in the first strain and 11 in the second) appears in Muses Delight (1754) and Bickham's Musical Entertainer, vol. 2 (1740). The first line begins: "By men belov'd how soon we're mov'd." It was set by J. Stanley with words by A. Langford and published on songsheets around 1735. Printed source: Geoghegan (Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes), c. 1745-46; p. 27.

X:1 T:By Men Belov'd M:C L:1/8 R:Air S:Geoghegan - Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes (c. 1745-46) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d2 | (BG)(AF) G2c2 | (BG)(AF) G3A | B>AB^c d2zG | F>GA>B A2 zA | (3AGF (3FED (3Dd^d d>B | (3AGF G>E D2 || d2B2^G3G | A2B2c2A2 | c2A2F3F | G2A2B2G2 | A2g2^c3d | dc/B/AG F4 | z2 c2 (BG) (AF) | G2c2 (BG) (AF) | G2c2 (BA) (BG) | (gf/e/)dc B2A2 | G8 ||

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