Saw You My Father?

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 Theme code Index    1355 64H1H6
 Also known as    Grey Cock (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Scotland
 Genre/Style    English, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB, AA'BB'
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 16
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1773
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Saw you my Father

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Saw you my Father




X:1 T:Saw you my Father M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D D>EF>G|A2A2|B2 g>e|dcTBA|d2 dc|TcBTBA|1 A2 z2:||2 A2 z| |:G|F>EF>d|{G}F2 ED|E>DEF|G2 G>B|BAFA|AGFE|1 D3:|2 D4||


X:2 T:Saw you my Father M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Straight and Skillern - Two Hundred and Four Favourite B:Country Dances, vol. 1 (c. 1775, No. 66, p. 33) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D D>EF>G|A2A2|B2 g>e|dcTBA|d2(dc)|TcBTBA|A2 z2:| |:G|F>EF>d|{G}F2 ED|E>DEF|G2 G>B|BAFA|AGFE|D3z:|]


X:3 T:Saw ye my Father M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:John Moore music manuscript (Shropshire c. 1837-40, Book 2, p. 55) B: https://www.vwml.org/topics/historic-dance-and-tune-books/Moore2 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb B>c d>e|f2f>f|g2 c'>b|{b}a2gf|b2 a>b|{a}g2 g>a|f4:| |:{e}d>c db|{e}d2 c>B|{d}c>B c>d|{f}f2 f>g|{g}f2 d>f|{g}fe {e}dc|B4:|