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5535 1231
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England
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English
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| Meter/Rhythm
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Air/Lament/Listening Piece
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| Key/Tonic of
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E
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| Accidental
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3 flats
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| Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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| Time signature
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2/4
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| History
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AAB
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| Editor/Compiler
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William Chappell
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| Book/Manuscript title
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Popular Music of the Olden Times vol. 2
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| Tune and/or Page number
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p. 180
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| Year of publication/Date of MS
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1859
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COME, LET US DRINK ABOUT. English, Air (2/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Chappell's (1859) version comes from an annonymous half-sheet ballad, though he finds another version in Vocal Miscellany (vol. ii, 1734) and The Aviary (1745).
Come, let us drink about,
And drive away all sorrow;
For perhaps we may not,
For perhaps we may not,
For perhaps we may not
Meet again tomorrow.
Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; p. 180.
X:1
T:Come, Let Us Drink About
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:Chappell - Popular Music of the Olden Time
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Eb
B2 B>A|G>A B2|E>E F>F|G2E2:|
F2 F>E|D>E F2|F2 F>A|G>A B2|
e2 e>d|c>d e>c|B>c B>A|G2E2||
