Annotation:Just as the Tide was Flowing

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JUST AS THE TIDE WAS FLOWING. English, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also the closely related tunes "Deadly Wars (The)," "Poor Soldier (2)" and "Mill, Mill Oh (The)," from which "Just as the Tide was Flowing" may have derived from. See also the closely related air for "Parting Glass (2) (The)." The first two stanzas set to the air, printed by Kidson, begin:

One morning in the month of May,
Down by a rolling river,
A jolly sailor he did stray,
And there beheld a lover.
She carelessly along did stray,
A viewing of the daisies gay,
She sweetly sang her roundelay.
Just as the tide was flowing.

Her dress it was a white as milk,
And jewels did adorn her skin,
It was as soft and any silk,
Just like a lady of honour.
Her cheeks were red, her eyes were brown,
Her hair in ringlets hanging down,
Her lovely brow without a frown,
Just as the tide was flowing.

Source for notated version: The tune was from "Mr. Lolly", Leeds, Yorkshire [Kidson].

Printed sources: Kidson (Tradtional Tunes), 1891.

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