Annotation:Esqr. Lesstar
X:31 T:Esqr. Lesstar M:9/4 L:1/4 N:barred correctly but called 6/4 in book Q:3/4=100 S:D.Wright, Extraordinary Collection, London 1713 Z:Pete Stewart, 2004 <www.hornpipemusic.co.uk> K:Dmin dA/B/c/A/BGBAFA|c2cc>dcB2A|dA/B/c/A/BG/A/B/G/AF/G/A/F/|d2dd>ddd2A:| |:dAGF2GA3|c2cc>dcB2A|dAGF2GA3|d2dd>_edc2A:| L:1/8 |:F3GAFE3FGED3EFD|cBcdc2c2C2c2B4A2|F3GAFE3FGED3EFD|d4d2d3dd2c4A2:| L:1/4 |:FDFECED3|c3c>dcB2A|FAdECED3|d3d>_edB2A:|
ESQR. LESSTAR. AKA and see "Next Oar," "Sheep-Shearers (The)." English, Triple Hornpipe () and Country Dance Tune. D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The melody was printed by Daniel Wright in his Extraordinary Collection of Pleasant and Merry Humours, etc. (1715). Curiously, it was collected more than a century later in Ireland by