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'''HOW HAPPY COULD I BE WITH EITHER'''. AKA and see "[[ Have You Heard of a Frolicsome Ditty]]?" "[[Give Ear to a Frolicsome Ditty]]," "[[Rant (The)]]," "[[City Ramble (The)]]." English, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The air appears in John Gay's '''Beggar's Opera''' of 1729 and the '''Bow Street Opera''' (1773), however it is a 17th century air to which a number of songs were sung (Kidson, 1922). See note for "[[Rant (The)]]" for more. 
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''Printed sources'': Howe ('''1000 Jigs and Reels'''), c. 1867; p. 152.
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