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Theme code Index	5425 3b127bL
Also known as	Greensleeves (4)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/8
History	SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:A.W. Johnston
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old-Lore Miscellaey of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland Vol. V
Tune and/or Page number	p. 79
Year of publication/Date of MS	1912
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X:1
T:Whalsey
O:Shetland
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Old-Lore Miscellany (1912, p. 79)
N:A variant of "Greensleeves (4)." 
N:The 'G' note in measure seven of each strain was sharped in the 
N:printed version. Cecil Sharp thought it a 'modern' alteration, and
N:advised that it probably was played natural.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amin
efe d2c|B3e2d|c2A ABc|B2G G2B|
e2e d2c|B3 e2d|c2A B2G|1A3 E2z:|2 A3 A2B|
c2d e2a|gec e2d|c2A ABc|B2G G2B|
c2d e2a|gec e2d|c2A B2G|1 (A3 A2)B:|2 A3 E2z||

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