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 Theme code Index    1H1H 2H7 1H6 73
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    R.M. Levey
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Dance Music of Ireland 2nd Collection
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 78, pg. 35
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1873
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


<abc float="left"> X:1 T:The Basket of Oysters [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Levey - Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A | d>dd def | e2d c2c | (d2c) Bcd | c2^A F2c | d>dd def | e2d cde | d2B c2^A | B3B2 || B | (A2F) FEF | A2F F2B | (A2F) FEF | D2B, B,2B | (A2F) FEF | A2F F2d | dcB (c2^A) | B3 B2 ||

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BASKET OF OYSTERS [2]. Irish, English; Jig. D Major (Kidson, Levey): F Major (Vickers): G Major (Kennedy). Standard tuning. One part (Kidson): AB (Levey): AABB (Vickers): AABBCCDDEE (Kennedy). This tune was used by Thomas Moore as the vehicle for one of his songs in Irish Melodies (1834). The tune is actually made up of the first strain of ""Greensleeves" coupled with the second strain of "Paddy the Weaver." It appears in Northumbrian musician William Vickers' 1770-72 music manuscript collection (pg. 22) under the title "Basket of Oysters or Green Sleeves." See also the related "Bunch of Currents [1]," "The Bunch of Roses [3]," "Christmas Comes but Once a Year," "I've got one daughter to marry," "I'm a Silly Old Man," "The Little Bogtrotter," "Shady Lane," "Spring in the Air." No. 78, pg. 35 Printed sources: Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 4, pg. 3. Kidson (English Folksong and Dance), 1915; pgs. 29-30. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 78, pg. 35.

X:2 T:Basket of Oysters or Green Sleeves M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:William Vickers' music manuscript (1770-72) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F e|f2f fga|ge c2e|f2d ded|e2A A2e|f2f fga|g2e c2e|f2d gec|d3 d2:| |:e|f2c AFA|c2A A2e|f2c AFA|B2G G2e|f2c AFA|c2A A2f|afd gec|d3 d2:||

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