Fair Sally lov'd a bonny seaman

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 Theme code Index    3bH2H7 2H05
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English, Stage
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    E
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Oswald
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 11
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 125
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1760
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
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Fair Sally lov'd a bonny seaman: annotations



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T:Fair Sally lov'd a bonny seaman
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Slow"
N:”To be begun slow and increase in quickness to the last
N:part but one, as the tune represents a Battle.” 
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 11 (1760, p. 125)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
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ad z gcB|(B2 A)adf|g3 BdB|(A2 ^G)=fed|c3 BcA|
(a2 g)fge|Te2 !fermata!^d2 z2|e2 (BA/G/) AB|GE :|
|: z B (e/g/)(f/a/)|g2 (e/g/)f/a/ Tgf/e/|bB z (g/e/) (d/B/A/)B/|
G(F/G/) E(G/F/A/) (G/B/A/B/)|B2 zB (e/g/f/a/)|g2 fe (f/a/g/b/)|
(a/f/)d z(g/f/) (e/d/c/B/)|(B2 A)(a/c'/) (b/a/g/f/)|g3 B (d/c/B/A/)|
(A2 ^G)(d/=f/) (e/d/c/B/)|c3 (B/c/) (A/c/B/A/)|a2 (g/f/)(c'/b/) (a/g/f/e/)|
T(e>^d/2e/4) d2 !fermata!z2|e>(f/2g/4) {c}(BA/G/) AB|GE :|]
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T:Fair Sally lov'd a bonny Seaman
C:"Set by Dr Green"
S:England
A:Dorset
N:Transcribed from HAM-05-077.gif
F:HAM-05-32-29.abc
C:Transcibed to abc by PJHeadford
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
K:Eb
G c d|e3(d/c/) =B c|d G z A G F|{F}E3(D/C/) E F|G2zG c d|
w:Fair Sal-ly lov'd a* bon-ny sea man, With tears she sent him* out to roam, Young Thomas 
e3(d/c/) d e|f Bz B A G|{G}F3 f B d|e2zG B G|{F}=E3 _d c B|
w:lov'd no* oth-er wo-man, But left his heart with her at home. She view'd the sea from off the 
{B}A2zG A F|{d/e/}f3(e/d/) {f}e (d/c/)|H=B3zz2|c3G (F/E/) F G|E C z||
w:hill And while she turn'd her* spin-ning* wheel Sung of her* bon-ny sea-man. 
W:
W:Transcribed from HAM-05-077.gif
W:The MIDI file HAM-05-32-29a.mid plays this tune.

Fair Sally lov'd a bonny seaman: annotations