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'''DOWN IN THE NORTH COUNTRY'''. AKA - "Farmer's Daughter of Merry Wakefield," "[[What gudgeons are we men]]." English, Air. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The air appears in John Gay's '''Beggar's Opera''' (1729) under the title "What gudgeons are we men." Frank Kidson (1922) says it was a popular and serviceable 17th century tune that appears as the vehicle for numerous songs with various names. | '''DOWN IN THE NORTH COUNTRY'''. AKA - "[[Farmer's Daughter of Merry Wakefield]]," "[[What gudgeons are we men]]." English, Air. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The air appears in John Gay's '''Beggar's Opera''' (1729) under the title "What gudgeons are we men." Frank Kidson (1922) says it was a popular and serviceable 17th century tune that appears as the vehicle for numerous songs with various names. | ||
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DOWN IN THE NORTH COUNTRY. AKA - "Farmer's Daughter of Merry Wakefield," "What gudgeons are we men." English, Air. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The air appears in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729) under the title "What gudgeons are we men." Frank Kidson (1922) says it was a popular and serviceable 17th century tune that appears as the vehicle for numerous songs with various names.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 64.
Recorded sources: