Annotation:Oak Tree (2)
X:1 T:Oak Tree [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Straight and Skillern – Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (c. 1775, No. 17, p. 9) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d|BAG GAB|AFD D2c|Bdg gdB|A>BA A2d| BAG GAG|def gfe|fed Ad^c|d>ed d2:| |:d|d>ed =fed|c>dB c2c|c>dc edc|BGB A2d| Bcd efg|abg fed|gdc B>cA|BGG G2:|]
OAK TREE [2]. English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody and dance instructions are unique to Straight and Skillern's Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (c. 1775, No. 17, p. 9) and Thomas Skillern's Compleat Collection of Two Hundred & Four Reels...Country Dances (c. 1780, p. 87).
