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Theme code Index
1323 1323
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/2
History
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Cecil Sharp
Book/Manuscript title
Book:The Sword Dances of Northern England Book II
Tune and/or Page number
p. 38
Year of publication/Date of MS
1912
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score 1 )
X:1
T:Bobby Shaftoe [2]
L:1/8
M:2/2
N:1st figure of the Sleights, West Yorkshire, sword dance, collected
N:by Cecil Sharp, on Plough Monday, 1912.
B:Cecil Sharp - Sword Dances of Northern England Book II (1912, p. 3)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G2 BB A2B2|G2BB A2B2|G2e2d2B2|G2B2 A4|
G2BB A2B2|G2BB A2B2|G2e2d2c2|(3BcB A2 G4||
g3f g2e2|d2B2G4|g3f g2B2|A6d2|
g3f g2B2|D4 d3c|B2G2A2F2|G4G4||
G2 BB .A2.B2|G2 BB .A2.B2|G2e2d2B2|G2B A4|
G2 BB .A2.B2|G2BB .A2.B2|.G2 e2d2c2|(3BcB A2 G4||
g3f g2e2|.d2.B2 G4|g3f g2B2|A6 d2|
g3f g2B2|d4 d3-c|B2G2 A2F2|G4 G4||
