Constant Lady and the False Hearted Squire (The)

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Theme code Index	1H1H4 117
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/2
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Tony Doyle
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Plain Brown Tune Book (Ellis Knowles)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 6
Year of publication/Date of MS	1997
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CONSTANT LADY AND THE FALSE HEARTED SQUIRE, THE. English, Air (3/2 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The Plain Brown Tune Book dates the tune to 1720. However, it may be considerably older. It appears in the Roxburghe Ballads IX, 635, under the title above. lyrics are related to "A Brisk Young Sailor" and has some resemblance to "Sheffield Park" and the 17th century ballads "Nelly's Constancy; or, Her Unkind Lover" and "The Forlorn Lover." An American version was collected in Boonville, Indiana, in 1935 from the singing of Mrs. A.J. Hopkins, who called it "Love Has Brought Me to Dispair."

Printed source: Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; p. 6.

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