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Bruce & Stokoe (1882) print the lyric to the air, which begins:
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'''ABOUT/ABOOT THE BUSH, WILLY'''. English, Air (6/4 time). England, Northumberland. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Bruce & Stokoe (1882) print the words, beginning:
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''Aboot the bush Willy, Aboot the beehive,''
''Aboot the bush Willy, Aboot the beehive,''
 
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''Aboot the bush Willy, I'll meet the belyve.''
''Aboot the bush Willy, I'll meet the belyve.''
 
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''Then to my ten shillings, Add you but a groat,''
''Then to my ten shillings, Add you but a groat,''
 
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''I'll go to Newcastle, And buy a new coat.''
''I'll go to Newcastle, And buy a new coat.''
 
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The words can be found in several old nursery rhyme collections.
Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 110.</font></p>
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ABOUT/ABOOT THE BUSH, WILLY. English, Air (6/4 time). England, Northumberland. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Bruce & Stokoe (1882) print the words, beginning: ... Aboot the bush Willy, Aboot the beehive,
Aboot the bush Willy, I'll meet the belyve.
Then to my ten shillings, Add you but a groat,
I'll go to Newcastle, And buy a new coat. ... Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 110.


Tune properties and standard notation