Annotation:Give me the girl that's ripe for joy

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 GIVE ME THE GIRL THAT'S RIPE FOR JOY. AKA and see "Captain Money's March." English, American; March (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In England the melody appears in John Moore's music manuscript collection as "Birmingham March," while in America it was entered into Henry Beck's flute manuscript as "Chimes." The melody was published under the "Give me a girl..." title in Daniel Steele's New and Complete preceptor for the German Flute (Albany, N.Y., 1815).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Mattson & Walz (Old Fort Snelling... Fife), 1974; p. 63.  Recorded sources:

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