Annotation:Nurses Tune (The)
X:1 T:Nurses Tune, The M:6/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Moderato" B:Smollet Holden - Collection of favourite Irish Airs (London, c. 1841; p. 22) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D AG|F2F2D2 G2G2E2|F2F2D2 E2D2D2|F2 F2D2 G2E2 A>G|E2D2D2 D4:| |:(AB)|=c2c2 A2 B2B2G2|A3B AG F2D2D2|=c2c2A2B2B2G2|A3B AG F4 (AB/c/)| d2 defd =c2A2F2|G2 GBAG F2D2D2|F2F2D2 G2E2 A>G|E2D2D2 D4:| |:de|f2f2d2 g2g2e2|f2f2d2e2d2d2|f2f2d2g2e2 ag|e2d2d2 d4:| |:(AB)|=c2c2A2 B2B2G2|A3B AG F2D2D2|=c2c2 A2 B2B2G2|A3B AG F4 (AB/c/)| d2 defd =c2A2F2|G2 GBAG F2D2D2|F2F2D2 G2E2 A>G|E2D2D2 D4:||
THE NURSES TUNE. Irish, Air (6/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Compare with the similar (in character, at least) "Cailín Deas Donn (3)," "Kilruddery Hunt," and "Old Man Rocking the Cradle (The),"
