Tho' late I was a cobbler's wife

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 Also known as    What tho' I am a country lass, Sally in our Alley
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Charles Coffey
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English, Stage
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/2, 6/4
 History    ENGLAND(London and South East)
 Structure    ABBCDEEFF
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 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Devil to Pay or the Wives Metamorphos'd
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 50
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1731
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 Score   (1)   



X:568 T:Tho' Late I was a Cobler's Wife. Roose.0568 B:Roose MS, poss. Manchester, mid-late 19th century. Z:Village Music Project 2019 Roger Hare N:NB - it is unclear where the first repeat in the cut-common time section repeats from, so N:I have taken it to be the beginning of that section M:3/2 L:1/8 Q:1/4=120 K:D A2 A2 d2 | c6 d2 g2 e2 | c6 d2 B2 A2 | A6 G2 F2 d2- | d6 A2 A2 d2 | c6 d2 g2 e2 | c6 d2 B2 A2 | A6 G2 F2 d2- | d6 || |: A2 A2 F2 |A6 c2 _B2 G2 | B6 f2 g2 f2 | e6 d2 c2 e2- | e6 A2 G2 F2 |E6 D2 f2 g2 | e6 d2 f2 d2 | c6 B2 c2 d2- | d4 :| [M:6/4] D2 | F4 A2 d4 f2 |d4 A2 (d2 c2) B2 | (A2 G2) F2 (E2 F2) G2 | F2 D4- D4 D2 | (F2 G2) A2 (B2 c2) d2 |(e3 f) e2 c4 d2 | (e2 f2) e2 (B2 c2) d2 | c2 A4- A4 || e2 | a4 g2 f4 e2 |d4 c2 B4 f2 | (g2 f2) g2 (B2 c2) d2 | c2 A4- A4 G2 | (F2 G2) A2 (B2 c2) d2 |(e3 f) e2 A4 a2 | (f3 g) a2 A4 g2 | f2 d4- d4 || [M:C|]|: "NB"B | Bcde (f2 e)d | ec de/f/ B3 c |defg a2 gf | edaf d3 f/g/ | agab a2 gf | gfed e3 d/e/ |fdec dBcB | ^AFAc f3 :| |: f/g/ | a>ba>b a3 g/f/ | gfed e3 c |dcde ffed | cB^GB c3 e | dcdB e3 f | gfb^g ^a3 f | bfae fdec | dB F^A B3 :|