Merrily Danced the Quaker
X:1 T:Merrily Dance the Quaker S:Bremners Reels, c 1760 L:1/8 M:6/8 K:G GABD2B|A2G~E2D|GABD2D|E3G3:| |:dcB edc|dcB ABc|dcB efg|~B3d3| dcB gfe|dcBA2A|GABD2D|E3G3:|]
X:1
T:So Merrily Dances ye Quakers
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S: William Clark of Lincoln music manuscript collection (1770, No. 19, p. 11)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2B D2B|A2 G FED|GAB D2D|E3G3:|
dcB edc|dcB ABc|dcB efg|B3d3|
dcB efg|f/g/aB A2G|GAB D2 D|E3G3:|]
X:2
T:Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Gow - 2nd Repository (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
~G>AB D2B|{B}A2G E2D|G>AB D2D|E3G3|
~G>AB D2B|{B}A2 GED|G>AB D2D|E3G3:|
|:dcB edc|dcB ABc|dcB efg|B3 (d3|
d)cB gfe|dcB {B}A2G|G>AB D2D|E3G3:|
X:1
T:Nell’s Frolic, or
T:Merrily Danc’d the Quaker’s Wife
T:Awkward Recruit, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig and Country Dance Tune
B:Thompson’s Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year
B:1805 (London, p. 12)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d>ef A2f|g2f e2d|d>ef A2A|(B3d3)|
d>ef A2f|{a}g2f e2d|d>ef A2A|(B3 d2)d||
d2f a2f|b2g a2f|d2f a2g|(f3 a2)f|
b2g efg|a2f d2d|d>ef A2A|(B3 d2)d||
X:3
T:Merrily Danc'd the Quaker's Wife
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Button & Whitaker's Selection of Dances, Reels, Waltzes No. 1 (undated, early 19th
S:century)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
d>ef A2f|g2f e2d|d>ef A2A|B3 d3|
d>ef A2f|g2f e2d|d>ef A2A|B3 d3:|
|:d|d2f a2f|b2g a2f|d2f a2g|f3 a2f|
b2g efg|a2f d2d|d>ef A2A|B3 d2:|]
X:1
T:Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:John Bell (1783-1864) music manuscript collection (c. 1812, Northumberland)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|GAB D2B|c2B A2G| GAB D2D|E3G2D|
GAB D2B|c2B A2G|GAB D2D|E3 G2:|
|:B|dcB edc|dcB ABc|dcB efg|B3d3|
def gfe|dcB A2G|GAB D2D|E3 G2:|]
X:12
C:Page 06
T:Merrily Dance the Quakers..... MBe.12
A:England;Cumbria;Towcett
B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815
Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012
T:Merrily Dance the Quakers Wife, aka. MBe.12
T:Merrily Kissed the Quakers Wife, aka. MBe.12
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
R:
K:G
D|GAB D2 B|c2 B A2 G|GAB D2 D|E3 G2:|
|:D|G2 B d2 B|e2 c d2 B|G2 B d2 c|B3 d3|
e2 c ABc|d2 B GAB|GAB D2 D|E3 G2:|
X:1
T:Merrily Dance the Quaker's Wife
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 3)
N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in
N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a
N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little
N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands.
B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 440)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
defA2f|{g}g2f {f}e2d|def A2A|B3e2:|
A|d2f a2f|b2ga2f|d2f a2g|(f3a2)d
|b2g efg|a3f def|def A2A|B3d3:|
X:35
T:Merrily Dance The Quaker. Roose.0070
T:Merrily Kissed The Quaker's Wife,aka. Roose.0070
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=110
B:John Roose MS, Manchester, 1850
Z:Village Music Project. Steve Mansfield, 2019
K:G
GAB D2B | A2G FED | GAB D2D | E3 G3 :|
|: dcB edc | dcB ABc | dcB efg | B3 d3 |
dcB efg | (f/g/a)!wedge!B A2G | Bcd D2D | E3 G3 :|
X:1
T:Merrily danced the quaker's wife
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
D|GAB D2B|c2B A2D|GAB D2D|E2F G2D|
GAB D2B|dcB A2D|GAB D2D|E2F G2D|
GAB D17/8B3/4z/8|c2B A2D|GAB D2D|E2FG2D|
GAB D2B|dcB A2D|GAB D2D|E2F G2D|
G2B d2B|e2cd2B|GAB dcB|A2d d2d|
e2c ABc|d2B G2D|GAB D2D|E2F G2D|
G2B d2B|e2c d2B|GAB dcB|A2d d2d|
e2c ABc|d2B G2D|GAB D2D|E2F G2||
