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Elsie Marley
X:1 T:Eley Molly M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig and Country Dance Tune B:Walter Rainstorp music manuscript collection (1747, p. 40) F: https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2057949 N:The cover is inscribed “Walter Rainstorp, 1747. Bought in Cheap Side, N:London, 1747”. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmix B>AB G2G|G2g gdc|B>AB G2G|F2f- fA|B>cB G2G|G2g- gdB|cac BgB|A2f fcA:| |:Bcd ded|d2g- gdc|Bcd dcB|A2f- fcA|Bcd ded|d2g-gdB|cac BgB|A2f- fcA:| |:G2g- gdB|gdB gdB|A2f fcA|fcA fcA|G2g- gdB| gdB gdB|cac BgB|A2f- fcA:|]
X:1
T:Elsie Marly
N:"A Bumpkin"
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Petrie - Fourth Collection of Strathspeys, Reels,
B:Jiggs & Country Dances (1805, p. 22)
K:G
c|:(BAB) G2G|G2g gdc|(BAB) G2G|=F2f fcA|
(BAB) G2G|G2g (gdB)|(cac) (Bgb)|A2=f (fca):|
Bcd ded|d2g gdc|Bcd dcB|A2=f fcA|
Bcd ded|d2g geB|cac BgB|A2=f fcA|
G2g gdB|gdB gdB|=F2=f fcA|=fcA fcA|
G2g gdB|gdB gdB|cac BgB|A2=f fcA||
X:1
T:Elsie Marley
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:John Bell (1783-1864) music manuscript collection (Northumberland, c. 1812)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
A|B>AB G2G|G2g gdc|BAB G2B|A2=f fcA|
BAB G2G|G2g gdB|cBc AFA|c2=f fc:|
|:A|Bcd ded|d2g gdc|Bcd dcB|A2=f fcA|
Bcd ded|d2g gdB|cac BgB|A2=f fc:|]
X:1
T:Elsie Marley
L:1/8
M:6/8
Q:"Con Spirito"
B:Robert Topliff – “Selection of the most popular melodies of the Tyne
B:and the Wear consisting of 24 original airs peculiar to the counties
B:of Durham and Northumberland, three of which are harmonized
B:with appropriate words, symphonies and accompaniments and
B:the remainder variously arranged for the piano forte” (c. 1812, p. 34)
F: http://www.farnearchive.com/show_images.asp?id=F0103402&image=1
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
V:1
BABG2G|G2g gdc|{c}BAB G2G|A2f fcA|
{c}B>AB G2G|g>ag gdB|cac BgB|A2=f fcA||
B2c d2d|def gdc|B2c d2d|A>BA =fcA|
[G2B2][Ac] [B2d2][Bd]|[Bd]e[cf] [Bg]dB|cac BgB|A2=f fec||
G2 g gdB|gdB gdB|G2 g gdB|=f>gf fcA|
G2g gdB|gdB gdB|cac|Bgb|A2=f fcA||
V:2 clef = bass
G,B,D G,B,D|.B,2z z2z|G,B,D G,B,D|.D2z z2z|
[G,,2G,2][B,,G,][D,2G,2][B,,G,]|[G,,3G,3]-[G,,2G,2][G,,G,]|[F,,2F,2][F,,F,] [G,,2G,2][G,,G,]|[D,,2D,2]z z2z||
G,B,D G,B,D| G,B,D G,B,D| G,B,D G,B,D|D,A,D D,A,D|
G,B,D G,B,D| G,B,D G,B,D| G,B,D G,B,D|D,2z z2z||
[G,,3G,3]-[G,,2G,2][D,G,]|[B,,2G,2][D,G,][B,,2G,2][D,G,|[G,,3G,3]-[G,,2G,2][G,,G,]|[D,,3D,3]z2[^F,,^F,]|
[G,,3G,3]-[G,,2G,2][D,G,]|[B,,2G,2][D,G,][B,,2G,2][G,,G,]|[F,,2F,2][F,,F,][G,,2G,2][G,,G,]|[D,,3D,3]z z2||
X:1
T:Elsie Marley
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Gow - 4th Repository (1817)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
(B>AB) G2G|G2(g g)dc|(B>AB) G2G|=F2(f f)cA|
(B>AB) G2G|G2(g g)dB|cac BgB|A2(=f f)cA:|]
|:Bcd ded|d2(g g)dB|Bcd dcB|A2(=f f)cA|
Bcd ded|d2(g g)dB|cAc BgB|A2(=f f)cA:|
|:G2(g g)dB|gdB gdB|=F2 (f f)cA|fcA fcA|
G2(g g)dB|gdB gdB|cac BgB|A2(=f f)cA:||
X:2
T:Ailsey Marly
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:A Companion to the reticule (c. 1830, p. 30)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
(TB>AB).G2.G|G2g- gdc|B>AB .G2.G|F2f- fcA|
(B>AB) .G2.G|G2g- gdB|cac BgB A2=f- fcA:|
|:Bcd ded|d2g- gdc|Bcd dcB|A2=f- fcA|
Bcd ded|d2g- gdB|cac BgB|A2-f fcA:|]
X:3
T:Elsie Marley
L:1/8
M:6/8
S: Bruce & Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Eb
GFG E2E|E2e eBA|GFG E2E|F_d dAF|GFG EEE|efe eBA|
AfA GeG|F2_d dAF||G2A B2B|Bcd eBA|G2A B2B|
FGF _dAF|G2A B2B|Bcd eBG|AfA GeG|F2_d dAF||