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|f_tune_title=Life Let Us Cherish
|f_aka=Butterfly Waltz, Freut euch des Lebens
|f_composer=Hans Georg Nägeli
|f_country=England, United States
|f_genre=English
|f_rhythm=Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille, Waltz/Valse/Vals
|f_time_signature=6/8
|f_key=G
|f_accidental=1 sharp
|f_mode=Ionian (Major)
|f_structure=AAB
|f_book_title=The German Flute Preceptor
|f_collector=William Cahusac
|f_year=c. 1814
|f_page=p. 26
|f_theme_code_index=3451H 1232
|f_score=1
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X:1
T:Life let us Cherish
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:”Andante”
B:William Cahusac – The German Flute Preceptor (c. 1814, p. 26)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
V:1
f3 {a}(gf)g|(a2d') d'2A|d2d {ef}(ed)e|(fg)f e2z|
f3 {a}(gf)g|(a2d') d'2 A/d/|f3 (ed)e|d3 z3!fermata!:|
a|a2g (ef)g|a2f d2a|a2g (ef)g|a2f d2a|
b2g d'2d'|a2f d'2d'|(ab)a (ag)f|(f3 e2)!D.C.!||
V:2
d3 {f}(ed)e|f2f f2A|F2F A2A|(de)d A2z|
d3 {f}(ed)e|f3-f3|A3 (GF)G|F3 z3!fermata!:|
A|A2B (cd)e|f2d d2A|A2B (cd)e|d2A F2F|
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X: 1
T:Life Let Us Cherish. ST.15
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
S:Anonymous Staffordshire MS, Early 19thC.
R:.Jig
O:England
A:Staffordshire
Z:vmp.Tim Willets
K:G
B3cBc|(d2g)g2z|G3AGA|BcBA3|!
B2B cBc|(d2g)g3|B3AGA|(G3G2)||!
d|d2c ABc|d2BG2d|d2c ABc|d2BG2d|!
e2cg2g|d2Bg2d|ded (dcB)|B3A2z||!
"^P"B3cBc|d2gg2z|G3AGA|BcBA3|!
B2B cBc|d2gg3|B3AGB|G3G2|]
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X:1
T:Life Let Us Cherish
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Colclough - Tutor for the Irish Union Pipes (c. 1830)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
[D3G3B3] [(Ac][G)B][Ac] | [B2(d2]g) [B2g2]z | G3 (AG)A | [(GB][A)c][GB] [D2F2A2]z | 
B3 cBc | d2g g2z | B3 AGA | (G3G2) :| 
d | [c2e2] [Ac] [B2g2]g | [B2d2][GB] g2g | [Bd][cf][Bd] [Bd][Ac][GB] | [D3G3B3] [D2F2A2]z | 
B3 cBc | d2g g2z | G3 (AG)a | (Bc)B A2z | B3 cBc | d2g g2z | B3 AGA | (G3G2) || 
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X: 1
T:Life Let Us Cherish. JaW.279
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=80
S:James Winder Ms, Lancashire, 1835-41
R:.Air
O:England
A:Wyresdale,Lancashire
Z:vmp.Chris Partington, Aug 2004
K:G
B3 cBc|d2g " cr"g3|G3 AGA|BcB A3|!
B3 cBc|d2g (gec)|B3 AGA|G3-G2:|!
d|~d2c ABc|d2B G2d|d2c ABc|d2BG2d|!
e2c g2e|d2B g2d|ded dcB|HB3 {AcB}HA3|!
B3 cBc|d2g g3|G3 AGA|BcB A3|!
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X:1
T:Life let us Cherish
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 152)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B3 cBc|d2g g2z|G3 AGA|BcB A2z|
B3 cBc|d2g g2z|B3 AGA|G2 G2:|
|:d|d2c ABc|d2B G2d|d2c ABc|d2B Gzd|
e2c g2g|d2B g2g|ded dcB|B3 A2z!D.C.!||
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X:2
T:Life Let Us Cherish
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Howe - Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon (1843)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
e3 fef | g2c'2 c'z | c3 dcd | efe d2z | 
e3 fef | g2 c'2 c'z | e3 dcd | c3 z2 :|
g | g2f def | g2e c2g | g2f def | g2e c2g | 
a2f c'2c' | g2e c'2c' | gag gfe | e3 d3 ||
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