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'''BUTTERFLY [2], THE'''. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABA'. The tune is apparently a folk-process derivation of "[[I'd Be a Butterfly (1)]]," words and melody by English dramatist and song writer Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1829). It was written in 1825 when "on his honeymoon at Lord Ashdown's, Mr. Bayly, flying from some fair sirens, retreated to a bower, and there wrote his world-famous 'I'd be a Butterfly' " (Andrew Lang, 1844-1912).
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''I’d be a butterfly born in a bower,''<br>
''Where roses and lilies and violets meet.''<br>
''Roving for ever from flower to flower,'' <br>
''And kissing all buds that are pretty and sweet.''<br>
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''Printed source:'' Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1986. Karpeles & Schofield ('''A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs'''), 1951; p. 2. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 76. Sharp ('''Country Dance Tunes'''), 1909; p. 2.
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