Sir Roger de Coverley

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X: 1 M: 9/8 L: 1/8 P: Roger of Coverly (Sir Roger De Coverley) %Q: 3/4=100 S: Playford, Dancing Master,9th Ed,1695. O: Playford, London 1695 %: England;London Z: Chris Partington. F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/Vintage/program/CGcon/SirRogerDeCoverly0.abc K: D A,\ |: B,/C/DD D2B AFA | E3 EB,D C2A, | B,/C/DD D2B AFA | d2D D>ED C2A, :| |: AFA BGB AFA | =c2E E>FD C2A, | AFA BGB AFA | d2D D>ED C2A, :|

X:1 T:Roger of Coverly 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. 86) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A,2|(B,C)D2D2D4B2A2F2D2|E6E2B,2D2C4A,2| (B,C)D2D2D4B2A2F2A2|d4D2D3ED2C4A,2|| A2F2A2B2G2B2A2F2A2|_c4E2E3FD2C4A,2| A2F2A2B2G2B2A2E2A2|d4D2D3ED2C4A,2||

X: 1 T:Roger of Coverley. JJo1.190 B:J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 1 after c1750? Z:vmp. Anne Wride 2015. www.village-music-project.org.uk M:9/4 L:1/4 Q:3/4=120 F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Johnson/Johnson%20Vol1(Jan17).abc K:D A, | B,/C/ DDD2BAFD | E3 EB,DC2A, | B,/C/ DDD2BAFA | d2DD>ED C2A, || AFABGBAFA | =c2EE>FDC2A, | AFABGBAFA | d2D D>ED C2A, |] W:The 1st Man go below the 2d. Wo. then round her and so below the 2d. Man into his own Place W:Then the 1st Wo. go below the 2d. Man then round him and so below the 2d. Wo. into her own Place W:The 1st Cu. cross over below the 2d. Cu. and take hands and turn twice W:Then lead up thro' and cast off into the 2d. Cu. Place.

X:1 T:Roger of Coverly M:9/4 L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A,2|:B,C D2 D2 D4 B2 A2F2D2|E6 E2B,2D2 C4A,2|B,CD2D2 D4B2 A2F2A2|d4D2 D3ED2 C4A,2|| A2F2A2 B2G2B2 A2F2A2|=c4E2 E3FD2 C4A,2|A2F2A2 B2G2B2 A2F2A2|d4D2 D3ED2 C4A,2:||

X:1 T:Roger de Coverley M:9/4 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:William Clark of Lincoln music manuscript collection (1770, No. 23) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D E2F2G2 g2f2e2 d2B2G2|F4A2 A2E2A2 F4ED|E2F2G2 g2f2e2d2B2d2| g4G2 G2E2A2 F4 ED||d2B2d2 e2c2e2d2B2G2|F4A2 A2E2A2 F4 ED| d2B2d2 e2c2e2 d2B2G2|g4 G2 G2E2A2 F4 ED||g2a2b2 b2a2b2 b2a2g2| f2g2 a2 a3b ag f3e d2|g2a2b2b2a2b2 a2g2f2|g4G2 G2E2A2 F4 ED|| d2B2d2 g2 e2c2 d2B2G2|F4A2 A2E2A2 F4ED|d2B2d2 g2e2c2 d2B2G2| g4G2 G2E2A2 F4 ED||E2F2G2 G,4D2 B,4D2|G,4A2 A2E2A2 F4ED| E2F2G2 G,4D2 B,4D2|G,4G2 G2E2A2 F4ED||E2C2E2 D2B,2D2 D2B2,G,2| A,4A2 A2E2c2 F4 ED|E2C2E2 D2B,2D2 D2B,2G,2|G,4G2G2E2A2 F4ED||

X:1 T:Ould Rodger de Coverley. A Retreat. M:9/8 L:1/8 S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 35, p. 8) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D D|G2G G2e dBG|E2A ABG F2D|G2G G2e def|g2G GAG F2D| e2 dBd ece dBG|E2A ABG F2D|dBd ece fdf|g2G GAG FED:|]

X:1 T:Roger de Coverley M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 167) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|GAG G2e dBG|E2A ABG FED|GAG G2e def|g2G GAG FED:| |:dBd edg dBG|E2A ABG FED|dBd ece def|g2G GAG FED:|]

X:1 T:Sir Roger de Coverley M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 40) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|:OG2G G2e dBG|A2A ABG FED|G2 G G2e def| g2G GAG FED::dBd ece dBG|[F2A2]A ABG FED| dBd ece def|g2G GAG FED::gag f2e dBG| [F2A2]A ABG FED|gag f2e def|g2 g gag fedO:|]

X:1 T:Sir Roger de Coverley M:9/8 L:1/8 S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|:G2G G2e dBG|A2QA ABG FED|G2G G2e def| g2G GAG FED:||:dBd ece dBG|[F2A2][AA] ABG FED| dBd ece def|g2G GAG FED:||:gag f2e dBG| [F2A2][AA] ABA FED|gag f2e def|g2g gag fed:|

X:1 T:Sir Roger de Coverly M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Robbins Collection of 200 Jigs, Reels and Country Dances (N.Y., 1933, No. 7, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G .G2.G G2e dBG|.A2.A ABG FED|.G2.G G2e def|g2G GAG FED:| |:dBd ece dBG|.A2.A ABG FED|dBd ece def|g2G GAG FED:| |:d'c'b c'b'a bag|e2a a2b c'ba|d'c'b c'ba bag|d2g g2a bag:|