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'''MERRY BAGPIPES, THE.''' AKA - "[[March Boys March]]." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BA'. | '''MERRY BAGPIPES, THE.''' AKA - "[[March Boys March]]." English, Air and Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BA'. A version appears in '''Pepys V''', circa 1690. The song "The Merry Bagpipes: Or, The Pleasant Pastime betwxt a Jolly Shepherd and a Country Damsel, on a Mid-Summer-Day, in the Morning," to the air of "March, Boys, March", was published on single broadside sheets at the beginning of the 18th century [http://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/14526/transcript/1]. The lyric begins: | ||
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<br> | ''A Shepherd sat him under a Thorn,''<br> | ||
''he pull'd out his Pipe and began for to play,''<br> | |||
''It was on a Mid Summers day in the morn,''<br> | |||
''for honour of that Holy day;'' <br> | |||
''A Ditty he did chant along,''<br> | |||
''goes to the Town of Cater-bor-dee,'' <br> | |||
''And this was the burthen of his Song,''<br> | |||
''if thoul't pipe Lad, I'le dance to thee; '' <br> | |||
''To thee, to thee, derry, derry, to thee, &c.''<br> | |||
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MERRY BAGPIPES, THE. AKA - "March Boys March." English, Air and Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BA'. A version appears in Pepys V, circa 1690. The song "The Merry Bagpipes: Or, The Pleasant Pastime betwxt a Jolly Shepherd and a Country Damsel, on a Mid-Summer-Day, in the Morning," to the air of "March, Boys, March", was published on single broadside sheets at the beginning of the 18th century [1]. The lyric begins:
A Shepherd sat him under a Thorn,
he pull'd out his Pipe and began for to play,
It was on a Mid Summers day in the morn,
for honour of that Holy day;
A Ditty he did chant along,
goes to the Town of Cater-bor-dee,
And this was the burthen of his Song,
if thoul't pipe Lad, I'le dance to thee;
To thee, to thee, derry, derry, to thee, &c.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 213.
Recorded sources: