Annotation:Bobbing Around (2)
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BOBBING AROUND [2]. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major (Mallinson): A Major (Bacon). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Bacon): ABB, x4 (Mallinson). Similar to "Bobbing Around (1)." This version is from the village of Bampton, in England's Cotswolds. See also note for "annotation:When We Went Bobbing Around" for more on the American song the English morris dance tunes derived from.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; p. 41.
Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book, vol. 1), 1988; No. 6, p. 10.
Rhett Krause, "‘Bobbin' Around’: Yankee Character Song and Bampton Morris Tune," Country Dance and Song, vol. 24, 1994; p. 14–24 (The first strain is clearly derived from W. J. Florence's song).
Recorded sources: Veteran VT111, Francis Shergold – "Greeny Up" (1988. Recorded from Bampton morris musicians).