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Theme code Index
5425 3b127bL
Also known as
Greensleeves (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
A
Accidental
NONE
Mode
Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
6/8
History
SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:A.W. Johnston
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Old-Lore Miscellaey of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland Vol. V
Tune and/or Page number
p. 79
Year of publication/Date of MS
1912
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:Whalsey
O:Shetland
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Old-Lore Miscellany (1912, p. 79)
N:A variant of "Greensleeves."
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amin
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e2e d2c|B3 e2d|c2A B2G|1A3 E2z:|2 A3 A2B|
c2d e2a|gec e2d|c2A ABc|B2G G2B|
c2d e2a|gec e2d|c2A B2G|1 (A3 A2)B:|2 A3 E2z||