Annotation:Life We Love (The)
X:1 T:Life we love, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Brisk" B:James Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, vol. 4 (1760, p. 27) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|G2 d dcB|c2e efg|dBg dBG|TA2G G2D| GBd dBG|E2e efg|dBg dBG|TA2G G2:| |:f|g2f eag|Tf2e dgf|Te2d BAB|dBd e2g| G2d dcB|c2e efg|dBg dBG|TA2G G2:| |:D|G(B/c/)d GBd|A(c/d/)e Ace|dgb agf|gdB G2D| GBd gdB|A2a a(f/g/a/f/)|g2e dBG|TA2G G2:| |:f|(g/f/g/a/)g Gbb|agf Fgf|Te2d BAB|dBd e2g| (G/A/B/c/)d gdB|Ace (a/g/f/g/a/)f/|(e/f/g)e dBG|TA2G G2:|]
LIFE WE LOVE, THE. English, Jig and Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was first printed in London by James Oswald (1710-1769) in his Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 4 (p. 27). In the index to the volume Oswald claims the tune as his.
