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Theme code Index	7b67b6 7b63b1
Also known as	Paddy the Weaver
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 488, p. 188
Year of publication/Date of MS	1788
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Basket of Oysters, A; or Pady the Weaver [sic]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance 
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 488, p. 188)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
g|d2B BcB|d2B B2e|d2B BAB|G2E E2e|
d2B BAB|d2B B2f|g2e af^d|e3 e2:|
|:f|gfg abc'|bag fga|g2e efe|d2B B2f|
gfg abc'|bag fga|g2e af^d|e3 d2:|]

X: 1
T:Basket of Oysters [1], A; or Pady the Weaver
M:6/8
R:Jig
K:Em
g|\
d2B BcB| d2B B2e| d2B BAB| G2E E2e|
d2B BAB| d2B B2f| g2e af^d| e3 e2:|
|:f|\
gfg abc'| bag fga| g2e efe| d2B B2f|
gfg abc'| bag fga| g2e af^d| e3 e2:|

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-'''BASKET OF OYSTERS [1].''' AKA and see "[[Paddy the Weaver]]." English, Quickstep and Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There were a few tunes by this title in period manuscripts. "Basket of Oysters [1]" appears in Glasgow publisher James Aird's '''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs,''' vol. 3 of 1788 (188), wherein "Paddy the Weaver" is given as an alternate title.
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-''Printed source:'' Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3'''), 1788; No. 488, p. 188. Kidson ('''English Folksong and Dance'''), 1915; p. 30
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