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Theme code Index	3411 345L5L
Also known as	Bonny Lass (2), Bonny Lass of Our Town, Ellingham Hall
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Scotland
Genre/Style	English, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABBCC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 181
Year of publication/Date of MS	1757
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T:Merry Dancers
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Bremner - (Scots Reels), c. 1757   p. 94
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
c | (B>AB) cGE | GAG G2c | T(B>AB) cGE| DED D2c | 
T(B>AB) cGE | GAG c2e | dcB c2B | AFD D2 :|
|: c | (B/c/d)B GAG | (B/c/d)B G2c | (B/c/d)B GAG | (F/G/A)F D2c | 
(B/c/d)B GAG | (B/c/d)B c2e | dcB c2B | AFD D2 :|
|: g | T(f>ef) gdB | gdB G2g |T(fef) gdB | AFD D2g |
T(f>ef) gdB | def gdB | cac BgB | AFD D2 :|]

X:2
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T:Merry Dancers, The
M:6/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:G
c2|TB3AB2 c2B2E2|G2A2G2 G4c2|B3AB2 c2G2E2|D2E2D2 D4c2|
B3AB2 c2G2E2|G3AG2 G4c2|Bcd2B2 c4B2|A2F2D2 D4:|
|:c2|(Bc)d2B2 G2B2G2|(bc)d2B2 G4c2|(Bc)d2B2 G2B2G2|(FG)A2F2 D4c2|
(Bc)d2B2 G2B2G2|(Bc)d2B2 Tc4e2|d2c2B2 Tc4B2|A2F2D2 D4:|
|:g2|f3ef2 g2d2B2|g2d2B2 G4g2|f3ef2 g2d2B2|A2F2D2 D4g2|
f3ef2 g2e2B2|d2e2f2 g2d2B2|c2a2c2 B2g2B2|A2F2D2 D4:||

X:1 
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T:Merry Dancers, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 149, p. 52)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
c|BAB cGE|GAG G2c|BAB cGE|DED D2c|
BAB cGE|GAG G2c|(B/c/d)B|AFD D2:|
|:c|(B/c/d)B GAG|(B/c/d)B G2c|(B/c/d)B GAB|AFD D2c|
(B/c/d)B GAG|B/c/dB c2e|dcB c2B|AFD D2:|]
|:g|fef gdB|gdB G2g|fef gdB|AFD D2g|
fef gdB|def gdB|c2a B2g|AFD D2:|]

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T:Merry Dancers
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig & Country Dance
B:Morris/Maurice Hime – Forty Eight Original Irish Dances never Before Printed 
B:with Basses for the Piano-Forte (Dublin,1804, No. 18)
F:http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90673324/f15.image
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
c|B3 BGE|G2G G2c|B3 BGE|AFD D2c|
B3 (BGE)|G2G G2B|cde dcB|AFD D3:|
|:c|(B/c/d)B G2c|(B/c/d)B G2c|(B/c/d)B G2B|AFD D2c|
(B/c/d)B G2c|(B/c/d)B G2d|gfe dcB|AFD D3:|
|:f|gag gdB|GAG G2f|gag gdB|AFD D2f|
gag gdB|ceg dcB|cde dcB|AFD D2:|]

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