Annotation:Show Me the Way to Oxford

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X:59 T:Show me the Way to Oxford M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d|gaf g2d|gaf g2d|ece dBD|cAc B2G|gaf g2d|gaf g2d|afd e/f/ge|d3 D2:| |:d|ec/d/e cac|dB/c/d BgB|dB/c/d cA/B/c|BG/A/B D2d| ec/d/e cac|dB/c/d BgB||dBG fg/a/f|{f}(g3 g2):||

SHOW ME THE WAY TO OXFORD.' English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1757 country dance collection.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 59.

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