Kiss My Lady (1)

Tune annotations

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X:1
T:Kiss My Lady
M:
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5
B:(Glasgow, 1797, No. 57, p. 23)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|d3f|e3g|fa a/g/f/e/|dddA|d3f|e3g|
fa a/g/f/e/|d3z::zafa|zbgb|zgeg|zafa|
zd'af|zbge|zfgf|dd !fermata!d2::A2 FG|AAAA|
gzez|fzdz|c4|d4|bagf|ee e2::g4|g4|
ggge|fffd|bbbe|ad'bg|fdec|dd d2:|
|:A|dd/e/ df|ee/f/ eg|fa a/g/f/e/|dd d>z:|
|:Aafa|Bbgb|Ggeg|Aafa|Fd'af|Gbgf|
Afge|dd d>z::A2 FG|A2 AA|geed|fddd|
c2 ce|d2 da|bagf|f2e::f|gg/b/ ge|ff/a/ fd|
gg/b/ ge|ff/a/ fd|b2 bg|ad'bg|f2 ge|dd d2:|]

X:1
T:Kiss My Lady (1)
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:William Litten's music manuscript collection (1800-1802)
K:D
A|d3f|c3g|fa a/g/f/e/|d/c/d/e/ dA|
d3f|c3g|fa a/g/f/e/ ddd:|
|:d|da fa|db gb|eg eg|fa df|
dd' af|bg eg|fa a/g/f/e/|ddd:||
A|AG FG|AA Af|gg ge|ff fd|
c2 ce|d2 da| ba gf|ee ef|
Gg ge|Df fd|Gg ge|Df fd|
bb bg|ab c'd'|c'/b/a/g/ fe|ddd||

X: 1
T:Kiss My Lady. JC.159
R:Country-dance
S:John Clare,Poet,Helpstone (1793-1864)
N:A kissing dance with kissing in the first bar would give every
N:incentive for the tune to linger a little, as here. CGP.
N:No TS in MS.
O:England
A:Northamptonshire
Z:vmp.P. Headford
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
K:Bb
F2|\
(B3cB2d2)|c>dce|df f/e/d/c/|B/c/d/c/ B/A/G/F/|!
BcBd|c>dce|df " qu"f/e/d/c/|BBB2:|!
|:zfdf|zgeg|zece|zfdf|zbfd|zgec|zdfc|" qu's"B2B2:|!
|:F2DE|FFFF|e2zc|d2zB|A4B4|gfed|AAA2:|!
e4|d4|eeec|dddB|ggge|fbgf|dBdA|BBB2:|]

X: 1
T:Old Kiss My Lady JBs.019
S:Jas.Blackshaw MS, 1837, N.Shropshire
Z:Tony Weatherall 2006
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
A:North Shropshire
R:Country Dance
K:C
Gc ce|fd df|eg g/f/e/d/|cc' "*fc in MS"ge|\
Gc ce|fd df|eg g/f/e/d/|cc c2:|!
|:c geg|c afa|c fdf|c geg|\
c c'ge|f afd|e/f/g/a/ g/f/e/d/|cc c2:|!
|:g>f ef|ggge|f>e de|fffd|\
e>f ed|cBcc'|agfe|e2d2:|!
|:ff/f/ fd|ee/e/ ec|fffd|eeec|\
"* not dotted in MS."a3g|abc'g|f/e/d/c/ e/d/c/B/|c4:|

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