Cramp (The)

 CRAMP, THE. English, Country Dance Tune and Air (6/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Chappell (1859) finds the only known version of the tune in Pammelia (1609) arranged with two other country dances, "to be sung all three together; it is not very trustworthy." Lyrics begin: The cramp is in my purse full sore, No money will bide therin-a; ''And if I had some salve therefore,' O lightly then would I sing-a; Hay ho the cramp-a, (x3) The cramp-a. Printed source: Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; p. 143.

X:1 T:Cramp, The M:6/4 L:1/8 S:Pammelia (1609) K:Gmin G2|d4d2 c4c2|d3c B2 A4G2|d3e d2 c4e2|d6 G2G2| d4d2 c4c2|d3c B2 A4G2|d3e d2 c4e2|d6 G6|c6 G2B2| A6 G6|d6 G4B2|A6 G6|c6 G4B2|A6 G3G e2|d8||

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