Balance the Straw (2)

X: 1 T:Balance the Straw [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 A:Fieldtown P:A(AB)4 K:G P:A P:B G2B BAB|c2A ABc|ded cBA|B2G G2:|
 * D|G2B BAB|c2A ABc|ded cBA|B2G G2:|
 * B/c/ |d2d d2B|c2B B2A|d2d dBG|B2A A2D|



BALANCE THE STRAW [2]. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major (Bacon): G Major (Mallinson). Standard tuning. AABA (Bacon): AABB (Mallinson). From the Field Town area of England's Cotswolds. Bacon (1974) says this tune is a "new version of 'Balance the Straw' (which) has appeared in post-war years, and has become (an) accepted and effective part of the morris man's repertoire. The tune is a composed, or at least a modified one." Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 151. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book), vol. 1, 1988; No. 29, pg. 20. __NORICHEDITOR__