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|f_tune_title=Meg Merrilies
|f_aka=Meg Merrilees
|f_country=England, Scotland
|f_genre=English, Scottish
|f_rhythm=Country Dance, Hornpipe/Clog, Reel (single/double)
|f_time_signature=4/4, 2/2
|f_key=A
|f_accidental=3 sharps
|f_mode=Ionian (Major)
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|f_book_title=Periodical Collection of Popular Dances No. 26
|f_collector=Muzio Clementi
|f_year=c. 1820's
|f_page=p. 2
|f_theme_code_index=5357 6553
|f_score=1
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R:Country Dance
B:Clementi & Co. - Periodical Collection of Popular Dances No. 26 (c. 1820's?, p. 2)
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T:Meg Merriliees
N:Third strain composed by Joseph Lowe
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N:”For Country Dance of Three Figures”
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B:book 3 (1844–1845, p. 21)
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R:Hornpipe
B:Köhler’s Violin Repository vol. 2 (1881-1885, p. 156)
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