Annotation:About the Bush, Willy
Tune properties and standard notation
ABOUT/ABOOT THE BUSH, WILLY. English, Air (6/4 time). England, Northumberland. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Bruce & Stokoe (1882) print the words, beginning:
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Aboot the bush Willy, Aboot the beehive,
Aboot the bush Willy, I'll meet the belyve.
Then to my ten shillings, Add you but a groat,
I'll go to Newcastle, And buy a new coat.
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Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 110.