Annotation:Old Woman who Carried a Broom

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OLD WOMAN WHO CARRIED A BROOM. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (x4), A. A version of the morris dance jig "Old Woman Tossed Up (1)" collected from the village of Steeple Claydon near Brackley, Northamptonshire, in England's Cotswolds. See note for "annotation:Old Woman Tossed Up (1)" for more.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; p. 107.

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