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Theme code Index	1H1H2H7 1H673
Also known as	Bunch of Currents (1), Bunch of Roses (3)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AB, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Vickers
Book/Manuscript title	Book:William Vickers music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1770
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

Tune annotations

X:1
T:Basket of Oysters, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5
B:(Glasgow, 1797, No. 90, p. 35)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
c|d2d def|e2d cde|dcB BAB|c2A F2c|
d2d def|e2d cde|dcB cBA|B3 B2:|
|:d|A2G FEF|A2G F2d|A2G F2d|A2G FEF|
d2c B2d|A2G FEF|A2G F2c|dcB cBA|B3 B2:|]

X:2
T:Basket of Oysters or Green Sleeves
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:William Vickers' music manuscript (1770-72)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
e|f2f fga|ge c2e|f2d ded|e2A A2e|
f2f fga|g2e c2e|f2d gec|d3 d2:|
|:e|f2c AFA|c2A A2e|f2c AFA|B2G G2e|
f2c AFA|c2A A2f|afd gec|d3 d2:||

X:1
T:The Basket of Oysters [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Levey - Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A | d>dd def | e2d c2c | (d2c) Bcd | c2^A F2c | 
d>dd def | e2d cde | d2B c2^A | B3B2 || 
B | (A2F) FEF | A2F F2B | (A2F) FEF | D2B, B,2B | 
(A2F) FEF | A2F F2d | dcB (c2^A) | B3 B2 ||

Tune annotations

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 |f_accidental=2 sharps
 |f_mode=Ionian (Major)
-|f_structure=AB
+|f_structure=AB, AABB
-|f_book_title=Dance Music of Ireland 2nd Collection
+|f_book_title=William Vickers music manuscript collection
-|f_collector=R.M. Levey,
+|f_collector=William Vickers
-|f_year=1873
+|f_year=1770
-|f_page=No. 78, pg. 35
 |f_theme_code_index=1H1H2H7 1H673
 }}
+=[[ANNOTATION:{{PAGENAME}}|Tune annotations]]=
+<!-- REPLACE THE ABC CODE BETWEEN THE <PRE> </PRE> TAGS -->
+----
+<pre>
+X:1
+T:Basket of Oysters, The
+M:6/8
+L:1/8
+R:Jig
+B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5
+B:(Glasgow, 1797, No. 90, p. 35)
+Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
+K:D
+c|d2d def|e2d cde|dcB BAB|c2A F2c|
+d2d def|e2d cde|dcB cBA|B3 B2:|
+|:d|A2G FEF|A2G F2d|A2G F2d|A2G FEF|
+d2c B2d|A2G FEF|A2G F2c|dcB cBA|B3 B2:|]
+</pre>
+<pre>
+X:2
+T:Basket of Oysters or Green Sleeves
+M:6/8
+L:1/8
+R:Jig
+S:William Vickers' music manuscript (1770-72)
+Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
+K:F
+e|f2f fga|ge c2e|f2d ded|e2A A2e|
+f2f fga|g2e c2e|f2d gec|d3 d2:|
+|:e|f2c AFA|c2A A2e|f2c AFA|B2G G2e|
+f2c AFA|c2A A2f|afd gec|d3 d2:||
+</pre>
 <pre>
 X:1
@@ Line 30: / Line 61: @@
 (A2F) FEF | A2F F2d | dcB (c2^A) | B3 B2 ||
 </pre>
-<p>
 ----
-</p>
+=[[ANNOTATION:{{PAGENAME}}|Tune annotations]]=
-<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">
-'''BASKET OF OYSTERS [2].''' Irish, English; Jig. D Major (Kidson, Levey): F Major (Vickers): G Major (Kennedy). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Kidson): AB (Levey): AABB (Vickers): AABBCCDDEE (Kennedy). This tune was used by Thomas Moore as the vehicle for one of his songs in '''Irish Melodies''' (1834). The tune is actually made up of the first strain of ""Greensleeves" coupled with the second strain of "[[Paddy the Weaver]]." It appears in Northumbrian musician William Vickers' 1770-72 music manuscript collection (pg. 22) under the title "Basket of Oysters or Green Sleeves." See also the related "[[Bunch of Currents (1)]]," "[[Bunch of Roses (3)]]," "[[Christmas Comes but Once a Year]]," "[[I've got one daughter to marry]]," "[[I'm a Silly Old Man]]," "[[Little Bogtrotter]]," "[[Shady Lane]]," "[[Spring in the Air]]."
+<!-- REPLACE THE ABC CODE BETWEEN THE <PRE> </PRE> TAGS -->
-<br>
-<br>
-''Printed sources:'' Kennedy ('''Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours'''), 1997; No. 4, p. 3. Kidson ('''English Folksong and Dance'''), 1915; pp. 29-30. Levey ('''Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection'''), 1873; No. 78, p. 35.
-<br>
-<br>
-X:2
-T:Basket of Oysters or Green Sleeves
-M:6/8
-L:1/8
-R:Jig
-S:William Vickers' music manuscript (1770-72)
-Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
-K:F
-e|f2f fga|ge c2e|f2d ded|e2A A2e|f2f fga|g2e c2e|f2d gec|d3 d2:|
-|:e|f2c AFA|c2A A2e|f2c AFA|B2G G2e|f2c AFA|c2A A2f|afd gec|d3 d2:||
-</font></p>
-__NORICHEDITOR__