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|f_book_title=1000 Jigs and Reels
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|f_collector=Elias Howe,  
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|f_year=c. 1867
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|f_page=p. 161
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Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
K:Gmin
A | B2B (Bcd) | (cAF) (FGA) | B2G (GAB) | (A^FD) D2A | B2B (Bcd) |  
A | B2B (Bcd) | (cAF) (FGA) | B2G (GAB) | (A^FD) D2A |  
(cAF) (FGA) | BAG AG^F | G3G2 || (d/e/) | f2f (fed) | cAF F2f |  
B2B (Bcd) | (cAF) (FGA) | BAG AG^F | G3G2 ||  
g2g (bag) | ^fdd d2_e | (=f>gf) f(ed) | (cAF) (FGA) | BAG AG^F | G3G2 ||  
(d/e/) | f2f (fed) | cAF F2f | g2g (bag) | ^fdd d2_e |  
(=f>gf) f(ed) | (cAF) (FGA) | BAG AG^F | G3G2 ||  
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X:118
T:Christmas Comes But Once a Year.  WES.118
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Old English Dance
Q:3/8=120
B:T.Westrop's 120 Country Dances, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Strathspeys, Spanish Waltz etc.for the Violin, n.d.(c.1923)
Z:R.Greig 2010
K:Bb
A|B2B (Bc).d|cAF FGA|B2G GAB|A^FD D2A|B2B (Bc).d|cAF FGA|!
BAG AG^F|G3-G2|:(d/e/)|f2ffed|cAF F2f|g2g bag|!
^fdd d2e|=fgf fed|cAF FGA|BAG AG^F|G3-G2:|]


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 Theme code Index    3b3b47bL 3b125L
 Also known as    I'm a Silly Old Man
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Elias Howe
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:1000 Jigs and Reels
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 161
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1867
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
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X:1
T:Christmas Comes but Once a Year
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
A | B2B (Bcd) | (cAF) (FGA) | B2G (GAB) | (A^FD) D2A | 
B2B (Bcd) | (cAF) (FGA) | BAG AG^F | G3G2 || 
(d/e/) | f2f (fed) | cAF F2f | g2g (bag) | ^fdd d2_e | 
(=f>gf) f(ed) | (cAF) (FGA) | BAG AG^F | G3G2 || 
X:118
T:Christmas Comes But Once a Year.  WES.118
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Old English Dance
Q:3/8=120
B:T.Westrop's 120 Country Dances, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Strathspeys, Spanish Waltz etc.for the Violin, n.d.(c.1923)
Z:R.Greig 2010
K:Bb
A|B2B (Bc).d|cAF FGA|B2G GAB|A^FD D2A|B2B (Bc).d|cAF FGA|!
BAG AG^F|G3-G2|:(d/e/)|f2ffed|cAF F2f|g2g bag|!
^fdd d2e|=fgf fed|cAF FGA|BAG AG^F|G3-G2:|]


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