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• 125: Robin Hood and Little John
  This first appears in the book 'A Collection of Old Ballads' published in 1723. Then on broadsides by the ...tish three stanza version and the Ohio version and mentions its use of the tune of Child 126/127.
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• Cecil Sharp's Note 19 (1916)
  ...609, and in ''Pills to Purge Melancholy'' (volume iii, p. 37, ed. 1719). A tune to which this ballad was once sung is to be found in Rimbault’s ''Music t A Scottish version of the words, “Jock Sheep,” is given in ''The Ballad Book'' (Kinloch and Goldsmid, p. 10); and another, “The Abashed Knight,” in
  944 bytes (151 words) - 21:45, 19 October 2018
• Tune Analysis: How To Dissect, Interpret and Categorize Anglo-American, Celtic and English Folk Melodies
  ==Tune Analysis Step 1: Note the Metre or Time Signature.== The metre, time signature or rhythm of a tune has no relevance to its scale or mode. It is, however, important in compara
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• TITLEY,William MS
  Manuscript Book, circa 1860 ...wing pages of music (''Ed. See PDFs'') are a complete copy of a manuscript book, which I was given by my late uncle Mr Joe Evans of Bromstead near Newport,
  5 KB (836 words) - 14:53, 28 January 2016
• Music
  ...her purpose or just for the joy of it. Thus a song tune can become a dance tune or a concert piece. Sometimes a good tune inspires the addition of words to make it a song.
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• As Shepherds watched their fleecy care
  ...lished in his ''Five Anthems, Four Collects, Twenty Psalm Tunes, [etc.]''. Book III, London: Mrs. Eliz. Key, Nuneaton, [1785]. Two verses, tune and two harmony parts noted by [[Janet Blunt]], Nov 1st 1916, from [[Willia
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• Cecil Sharp's Note 11 (1916)
  ...orded several fairly complete sets of words, from which that given in this book has been compiled. As a rule the versions vary but little, although I have ...cottish Songs'' (volume i, p. 153), in Motherwell’s ''Minstrelsy'' (p. 67, tune 24), and in Buchan’s ''Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland
  3 KB (540 words) - 20:32, 19 October 2018
• GILES,William Henry MS
  A typical "fiddler's tune book", 71/2inches wide by 31/2inches tall, hard-bound, four printed staves per p The following page carries the first tune (The Conquering Hero).
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• Penguin Book of English Folk Songs
  Links to the [[Song Books]] page and to [[Tune Analysis: How To Dissect, Interpret and Categorize Anglo-American, Celtic a Originally published as 'The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs', edited by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] and [[A.L. Llo
  13 KB (1,725 words) - 07:24, 22 September 2021
• Dance Bibliography
  See also [[Books, Articles, and Academic Studies - Music]] for music (tune) research. * '''''[[The Social Dances of the 19th Century(Book)|The Social Dances of the 19th Century]]''''' Philip J.S.Richardson, 1960,
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• Harry Baker
  ...e is a little uncertain in his singing, and I had to ask him to repeat the tune of "Death and the Lady" a number of times before I was certain of having it ...erses, but his version, with expanded words, was included in the [[Penguin Book of English Folk Songs]].
  2 KB (298 words) - 19:39, 7 April 2024
• Morgan Rattler-Song
  The Morgan Rattler is, in the 21stC, best known as a [[Morgan Rattler-Tune|tune]] and is catalogued under several titles in [http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddler The following set of words appears in '''Gaskel's Comic Song Book (1841)'''
  3 KB (532 words) - 17:32, 15 June 2010
• BARNES,Joseph MS
  Back to [[Tune Manuscripts List]] The book is 9" tall by 7" wide, with hard covers of a material not evident from our
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• John Moore of Tyneside Ms
  John Moore's Ms book is in private possession but has been photgraphed, [http://www.village-musi Back to [[Tune Manuscripts List]]
  3 KB (406 words) - 10:17, 14 October 2013
• Frederick George Gardner
  2765 - Mrs Kaysey (Morris Tune)<BR> ...They struck each others hands as well as their own together. Mrs Kaysey a tune to which this cocoa nut dance was danced. He remembered a great meeting at
  5 KB (875 words) - 20:01, 19 February 2022
• HAM-05-32-05.abc
  W:[In the tune MS, to the left of the title:] 500 [to the right:] Mrs Russell of Upwey<br> W:[In the lyrics note-book, this:]<br>
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• Tune
  ...e the Meter or Time Signature.''' The metre, time signature or rhythm of a tune has no relevance to its scale or mode. It is, however, important in compara '''Tune Analysis Step 2: Ascertain Whether the Scale is Authentic, Mainly Authentic
  9 KB (1,637 words) - 16:18, 9 February 2018
• IRWIN,William
  '''1..William Irwin’s Manuscript Tune Book, 1838''' On title page “William Irwin’s Book Jan 2 1838”.
  17 KB (2,648 words) - 11:46, 18 December 2013
• Books, Articles, and Academic Studies - Music
  ...author's PhD thesis completed at the University of Edinburgh in 1982. The book has long been out of print. Zip file with 34 accompanying tracks. [https:// ...?fbclid=IwAR1oDZAU5ueP_q3E_EXWOEirrsWtaOZThPPwwvTHOWoy9UoTleuZO6nRYN4 flip book]
  12 KB (1,752 words) - 15:07, 7 March 2024
• Cecil Sharp
  ...g all the time. During the third he makes little refining touches, and the tune is complete.<br> PDF page images of the book are available from the Internet Archive.[https://archive.org/details/london
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