Annotation:Fairy King
X:1 T:Fairy King M:C L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 B:(Glasgow, 1797, No. 67, p. 68) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 GA B2 BG|ABcd e2 ef|gBBc B2 AG|EAFD G2G2:| bgdg b2 ag|afdf a2 gf|geGg fdBf|(3gab Bd e2 ef| gGGA B2 AG|ABcd e2 eg|gbge dcBA|EAFD G2G2||
FAIRY KING. AKA and see "Oberon." English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was published as "Oberon, or Fairy King" by London publisher John Walsh in his Compleat Country Dancing-Master. Volume the Fifth (1754, p. 11).
