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|f_aka=I'm a Silly Old Man, Greensleeves (4),
|f_country=England
|f_genre=English
|f_rhythm=Air/Lament/Listening Piece
|f_time_signature=6/8
|f_key=G
|f_accidental=2 flats
|f_mode=Aeolian (minor)
|f_structure=AB
|f_book_title=1000 Jigs and Reels
|f_collector=Elias Howe,
|f_year=c. 1867
|f_page=p. 161
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X:93
T:Christmas Comes But Once A Year. WI.093
T:Greensleeves. WI.093
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
C:"Old English Dance"
B:Wm Irwin, Folio MS, c1850. AGG's Transcription
R:.Jig
O:England
A:Lake District
Z:vmp.Chris Partington.2005
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X:118
T:Christmas Comes But Once a Year.  WES.118
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Old English Dance
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B:T.Westrop's 120 Country Dances, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Strathspeys, Spanish Waltz etc.for the Violin, n.d.(c.1923)
Z:R.Greig 2010
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