Be Merry and Wise (2)

X:1 T:Be Merry and Wise M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:William Vickers music manuscript (Northumberland, 1770) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D D/E/F/G/ AD BDAD|FABd B2E2|D/E/F/G/ AD BDAD|cefg "tr"f2d2:|
 * g|fdeA fdeA|FABd B2E2|fdeA fdeA|cefg"tr"f2d2:||



BE MERRY AND WISE. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears unique to Vickers' 1770 collection. Source for notated version: the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom, unfortunately, nothing is known [Seattle]. Printed source: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 225.

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