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Also known as	Old Simon the King
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Henry Playford
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Slip/Hop Jig
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	9/8
History
Structure
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Henry Playford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Second Part of Musick's Hand-Maid
Tune and/or Page number	p. 25
Year of publication/Date of MS	1789
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Old Sir Simon the King
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Oswald - Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 7 (1760; pp. 6-7)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmix
G|A>Bc c>dc c2G|A>Bc c>de {e}f2c|AFF FGF ABc|
d2c TB2A G2::a|g2f Te2d c2a|g2f ede f2c|
TA2F FfF ABc|d2c T(BA)B G2::G|(A/B/c)G cGE c2G|
(A/B/c)c cde fga|A2F fAF ABc|d/(g/^f/e/d/c/) B/(e/d/c/B/)A/ G2:|
|:a|gec fdB cGa|(g/f/e/d/)c (g/f/e/d/)c fga|AFf (c/_B/A/G/)F A=Bc|
Bgd (B/c/d/c/B/)A/ G2::G|(A/B/c/B/A/G/) cGE {B}c2G|(A/B/c)G (A/B/c/B/A/G/) ceg|
F/(A/_B/c/A/) F/(A/_B/c/A/) FAF|G(B/c/d/B/) g(d/c/B/A/) G2::G|c(e/f/g/e/) g(e/f/g/e/) c(e/f/g/e/)|
c(e/f/g/e/) g(e/f/g/e/) fcA|A(F/G/A/_B/) cAF cAF|g(^f/e/d/c/) B(d/c/B/A/) G2:|]

X:1
T:Old Sir Simon the King
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
A | (B>cd) (d>ed) (d2A) | (B>cd) (d>ef) g2f | g2G G2A (B>cd) | 
(e>=fd) (c>dB) A2 || B | a2g f2e d2b | 
(a>bg) (f>ge) (d>ef) | g2G (G>AG) (Bcd) |e=fd) c>dB A2 :|

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