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Theme code Index	61H1H 61H4H
Also known as	Auld Sir Simon the King, Golden Age (The), I'll ne'er be drunk again, Old Simon the King, Ragged and torn and true, Round about our coal-fire, Sir Simon the King, Simon the King, Symon the King, To Old Sir Simon the King, When this old cap was new
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Henry Playford
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Northumbrian/Borders, Pipe
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance, Slip/Hop Jig
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	9/4, 9/8
History	ENGLAND(London and South East)
Structure	AAB, AABB, AABBCCDDEEFF, ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
Editor/Compiler	John Playford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dancing Master 6th edition (Supplement)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 182
Year of publication/Date of MS	1679
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Old Sir Simon the King: Annotations

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T:Old Simon The King. (p)1679.PLFD1.233
M:9/4
L:1/4
Q:3/4=90
S:Playford, Dancing Master,6th Ed.,1679
O:England;London
N:What a lovely tune.
H:1679.
Z:Chris Partington.
K:C
G|A>Bcc>dcc2G|A>Bcc>def2f|
AFFF2GA>Bc|d2cB2AG2:|
|:a|g2fe2dc2a|g>af/g/e>fd/e/cde|
fFFA/B/c/B/A/G/A2D|gGGB/c/d/c/B/A/B2:|
|:G|A/B/cE(cG)Ec2G|A/B/cEcGEc2G|
A/B/cG(cA)FA2F|B/c/dGe/f/gdB2:|
|:z|e>fg/a/gedc>de/c/|e>fg/a/gecf>ga/f/|
abc'cAFABc|d>ef/d/B>ABG>AB/G/:|

X:1
%
T:Old Simon the King
M:9/4
L:1/8
B:Thomas D'Urfey - Pills to Purge Melancholy (1729-30, p. 143)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmix
G2|A3B c2 c2d c2 c4G2|A3B c2c3d e2 g4 f2|
A3G F2 F4 G2 A3B c2|d4 c2 B4A2 G4||

X:1
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T:Old Simon the King
M:9/4
L:1/8
N:”Longways for as many as will.”
B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth
B: (London, 1740, No. 69)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmix
G2|A3B c2 c3d c2c4G2|A3Bc2 c3d e2f4f2|
A2F2F2 F4G2A3Bc2|d4c2B4A2G4||a2|
g4f2 e4d2c4a2|g3a fg e3f de c2d2e2|
f2F2F2 AB cB AG A4F2|g2G2G2Bc dc BA B4G2|
AB c2E2 (c2G2) E2c4G2|ABc2E2(c2G2)E2c4G2|
ABc2G2(c2A2)F2A4F2|Bcd2G2efg2d2B4G2||
e3f ga g2e2d2c3d ec|e3f ga g2e2 c2f3g ag|
a2b2c'2c2A2F2A2B2c2|d3e fd B3A B2G3A BG||

X:1
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T:Old Sir Simon the King
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Oswald - Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 7 (1760; pp. 6-7)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmix
G|A>Bc c>dc c2G|A>Bc c>de {e}f2c|AFF FGF ABc|
d2c TB2A G2::a|g2f Te2d c2a|g2f ede f2c|
TA2F FfF ABc|d2c T(BA)B G2::G|(A/B/c)G cGE c2G|
(A/B/c)c cde fga|A2F fAF ABc|d/(g/^f/e/d/c/) B/(e/d/c/B/)A/ G2:|
|:a|gec fdB cGa|(g/f/e/d/)c (g/f/e/d/)c fga|AFf (c/_B/A/G/)F A=Bc|
Bgd (B/c/d/c/B/)A/ G2::G|(A/B/c/B/A/G/) cGE {B}c2G|(A/B/c)G (A/B/c/B/A/G/) ceg|
F/(A/_B/c/A/) F/(A/_B/c/A/) FAF|G(B/c/d/B/) g(d/c/B/A/) G2::G|c(e/f/g/e/) g(e/f/g/e/) c(e/f/g/e/)|
c(e/f/g/e/) g(e/f/g/e/) fcA|A(F/G/A/_B/) cAF cAF|g(^f/e/d/c/) B(d/c/B/A/) G2:|]

X:1
%
T:Old Sir Simon the King
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
A | (B>cd) (d>ed) (d2A) | (B>cd) (d>ef) g2f | g2G G2A (B>cd) | 
(e>=fd) (c>dB) A2 || B | a2g f2e d2b | 
(a>bg) (f>ge) (d>ef) | g2G (G>AG) (Bcd) |(e=fd) c>dB A2 :|

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