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'''BE MERRY AND WISE.''' English, Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears unique to Vickers' 1770 collection.
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''Source for notated version:'' the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom, unfortunately, nothing is known [Seattle].
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''Printed source:'' Seattle ('''William Vickers'''), 1987, Part 2; No. 225.
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