Cecil J. Sharp (1916) ''One Hundred English Folk Songs''

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31 Sweet Kitty

Tune Analysis: Heptatonic. C Dorian. Note how all the A flats are naturalised. If they were not the tune would be C Aeolian.

Sheet Music (1916) File:31SweKit 1916 Sheet Music-pdf.pdf

Cecil Sharp's Note (1916) File:31SweKit 1916 Note.pdf

MIDI Sequence File:31SweKit.mid

PDF File:31SweKit.pdf

Music XML File:31SweKit.xml

ABC Code

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G | G F G | (=A/B/) c B/ A/ | G F G | B2 B |$ =A c c | G B G | F (B/=A/) D | D2 (C/B,/) | %9

C3/2 D/ E/C/ |$ D B, z | G3/2 =A/ B/A/ | G F G | E (F/E/) D | C2 |] %15

w: Fol the didd- le|de- ro,|Fol the didd- le|de ro, Sing|le- ro\- * i-|day.|
W:
W:
W:1 As he was a-riding, and a-riding one day,
W:He met with sweet Kitty all on the highway;
W:
W:Chorus Sing fol the diddle dero,
W:Fol the diddle dero,
W:Sing le-ro-i-day.
W:
W:2 I gave her a wink and she roll'd her black eye;
W:Thinks I to myself I'll be there by and by.
W:
W:3 Come saddle my horse and away I will ride
W:To meet with sweet Kitty down by the seaside.
W:
W:4 Six times he rode round her, but he did not know;
W:She smiled in his face and said: There goes my beau.
W:
W:5 I said: Pretty maiden don't smile in my face,
W:I do not intend to stay long in this place.
W:
W:6 If you'd know my name, you must go and enquire;
W:I was born in old England, brought up in Yorkshire.
W:
W:7 Come, all pretty maidens, whoever you be,
W:With roving young fellows don't make yourself free.
W:

34 The Sprig of Thyme

Tune Analysis: In his Note Sharp designates this tune as Aeolian. More precisely, it is either A Aeolian or A Dorian. It is Hexatonic with no F (6th). If the Fs are presumed to be natural the tune is indeed A Aeolian; but if they are presumed to be sharpened the tune is A Dorian.

Sheet Music (1916) File:34SprThy 1916 Sheet Music.pdf

Cecil Sharp's Note (1916) File:34SprThy 1916 Note.pdf

MIDI Sequence File:34SprThy.mid

PDF File:34SprThy.pdf

Music XML File:34SprThy.xml

ABC Code:

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A4 | D4 D3 C D4 A3 G | A12 (A2>B2) | (c2>d2) e3 d (B2>d2) c3 B |$ A12 A4 | %5

c3 e d3 c (B2>d2) c3 B | A4 A3 A E4 A4 | E4 E3 E D4 D3 D |$ c6 A2 G4 (3(A2B2c2) | %9

w: used to know the place * where my|thyme it did grow, But|now it is cov- er'd with|rue, with rue, But * *|

E4 D3 C D4 A3 G | A8 z4 |] %11

w: now it is cov- er'd with|rue.|
W:
W:
W:1. Once I had thyme of my own,
W:And in my own garden it grew;
W:I used to know the place where my thyme it did grow,
W:But now it is cover'd with rue, with rue,
W:But now it is cover'd with rue.
W:
W: 2 The rue it is a flourishing thing,
W:It flourishes by night and by day;
W:So beware of a young man's flattering tongue,
W:He will steal your thyme away, away,
W:He will steal your thyme away.
W:
W:3 I sowed my garden full of seeds;
W:But the small birds they carried them away
W:In April, May, and in June likewise,
W:When the small birds sing all day, all day,
W:When the small birds sing all day.
W:
W:4 In June there was a red-a-rosy bud,
W:And that seem'd the flower for me;
W:And often times I snatch-ed at the red-a-rosy bud,
W:Till I gain-ed the willow, willow tree,
W:Till I gain-ed the willow tree.
W:
W:5 O the willow, willow tree it will twist,
W:And the willow, willow tree it will twine;
W:And so it was that young and false-hearted man
W:When he gain-ed this heart of mine, of mine,
W:When he gain-ed this heart of mine.
W:
W:6 O thyme it is a precious, precious thing
W:On the road that the sun shines upon;
W:But thyme it is a thing that will bring you to an end,
W:And that's how my time has gone, has gone,
W:And that's how my time has gone.
W:

86 Botany Bay

Tune Analysis:

Sheet Music (1916) File:86BotBay 1916 Sheet Music

Cecil Sharp's Note (1916) File:86BotBay 1916 Note

MIDI Sequence File:86BotBay.mid:

PDF File:86BotBay.pdf

Music XML File:86BotBay.xml

ABC Code:

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T:86 Botany Bay
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Z:Transcribed by Lewis Jones
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B2 | e2 (dc) B2 E2 | A2 (FE) D2 (EF) | (GE)(AG) E2 D2 | E6 (EF) |$ G2 A2 (Bc) (dB) | %6

(e2 d2) e2 B2 | d2 d2 e2 (BA) | B6 (EF) |$ G2 A2 (Bc) (dB) | (e2 d2) e2 B2 | d2 f2 (ed) (BA) | %12

B6 d2 | e2 d2 B2 E2 |$ (A2 FE) D2 (EF) | (GE) (AG) EE D2 | E4 z2 | %17

w: day, And|you will be trans-|por\- * * ted and *|go * to * Bot- an- y|Bay.|
W:
W:
W:1 Come, all young men of learning good, a warning take by me.
W:I'll have you quit night-walking and shun bad company;
W:I'll have you quit night-walking or else you'll rue the day,
W:And you will be transported and go to Botany Bay.
W:
W:2 I was brought up in London town, a place I know full well;
W:Brought up by honest parents, the truth to you I'll tell.
W:Brought up by honest parents, who loved me tenderly,
W:Till I became a roving blade to prove my destiny.
W:
W:3 My character was taken, and I was sent to gaol.
W:My parents tried to clear me but nothing would prevail.
W:'Twas at our Rutland sessions the Judge to me did say:
W:The Jury's found you guilty, you must go to Botany Bay.
W:
W:4 To see my poor old father as he stood at the bar;
W:Likewise my dear old mother her old gray locks she tore.
W:And in tearing of her old gray locks these words to me she did say:
W:O son! O son! what hast thou done? Thou art bound for Botany Bay.
W:
W:NOTE
W:
W:I do not know of any published versions of this song. I made use of the tune in Mr. Granville Barker's production of
W:Hardy's 'Dynasts,' setting the words of the "Trafalgar" song to it.
W:

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Cecil Sharp's Note (1916) [[File:]]

MIDI Sequence [[File:]]

PDF [[File:]]

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Sheet Music (1916) [[File:]]

Cecil Sharp's Note (1916) [[File:]]

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Cecil J. Sharp (1916) ''One Hundred English Folk Songs''

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