Happy is the Country Life

Find traditional instrumental music


Happy is the Country Life  Click on the tune title to see or modify Happy is the Country Life's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Happy is the Country Life
Query the Archive
Query the Archive
 Theme code Index    144 366
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:James Hart
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Thomas D'Urfey
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Wit and Mirth; or Pills to Purge Melancholy
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 288
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1719
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


Happy is the Country Life: Annotations



X:1
T:Happy is the Country Life
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Playford (1684)
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1 (1853, p. 173)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion 
K:D
D2 G4|F4 B2|A2 d4|c4 d2|e2 f4|g4 f2|
g2e4|d6||f2 g4|e4 d2|e2 c4|d4 B2|
c2 d4|B4A2|B2 ^G4|A6||F2 G4|E4 A2|
B2d4|c4B2|A2B4|G4 F2|G2E4|D6||

Happy is the Country Life: Annotations