Merry Sherwood

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 Theme code Index    1135 3122
 Also known as    Straw Bonnet
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AABBCC
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Campbell
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Campbell's 12th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & Strathspey Reels
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 19
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1797
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Merry Sherwood T:Straw Bonnet, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:William Campbell – “Campbell’s 12th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & B:Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as B:Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, c. 1797, p. 19) F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9a/IMSLP655932-PMLP1052069-campbells12thboo00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb V:1 F|B>cBc d/c/B fB|dfBd c>dcd|B>cBc d/c/B fB|c>Bc>d B>cB:| |:d/e/|fdge fd {ef}g2|fbfd c>d cd/e/|fdge fd {ef}g2|fbfd B>cB:| |:B/c/|d>cBA BGFD|FGed c>d cB/c/|d>cBA BGFD|Fedc B>cB:| V:2 clef = bass z|B,,2B,,2B,,2z2|B,,2B,,2F,,2z2|B,,2B,,2B,,2D,2|F,2F,,2B,,3:| |:z|B,,2B,,2B,,2B,,2|B,,2D,2F,2F,,2|B,,2B,,2B,,2B,,2|B,,2B,,2B,,3:| |:z|B,,F,D,F, E,2D,B,,|B,,2C,B,, F,,2F,2|B,,F,D,F, E,2 D,B,,|F,2F,,2B,,3:|