Annotation:There was a Pretty Lass and a Tenant of My Own
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X:1 T:There was a Pretty Lass and a Tenant of My Own M:C L:1/8 R:Air S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:E Minor B2|BEEF G2 FG|AGFG A2 GF|E2B2B2 Ac|BAGF E2:| B2|BABc d2 cB|AGFG A2 GA|BEEE BEEE|AGFG A2 GF| E2B2B2 Ac|BAGF A2 GF|E2B2 B3A|BAGF E2||
THERE WAS A PRETTY LASS AND A TENANT OF MY OWN. English, Air (4/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Chappell (1859) states the air appears in many ballad operas and broadsides.