Roast Beef of Old England (The)
X:1 T:Roast Beef M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 77, p. 27) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|d>ed c>de|fed e2c|d>ed c>dc|BE^G A2:||:A|BGB d2 c/B/| A>FD B3|e>fg c>BA|d3 A2F|G/A/ B2 A>dc|d3 d2:|]
X:2
T:Roast Beef
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Robinson – Massachusetts Collection of Martial Musick (1818)
K:D
A|dcd Bcd|fdf ecA|dfd cAc|BGB A2:|
|:B/c/|BGB dcB|AG A/B/ A/z/ z2|def ecA|def AGF|GAB cBc|d z2 z2:|
X:1
T:Roast Beef of Old England. RHu.020
S:R.Hughes MS,1823,Whitchurch,Shrops.
A:Whitchurch, Shropshire
Z:Neil Brookes 2006
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=100
R:Air
K:C
A|c>dc Bcd|ece d2G|c>dc BAG|AG^F”d.cr in MS”G2::!
G|AFA cBc|GEG A3|Gfe dcB|c3GFE|FGA GcB|c3c2:|
X:1
T:Roast Beef of Old England. JC.127
R:Air
S:John Clare,Poet,Helpston. (1793-1864)
N:Rosbif ? Mais non !
N:Song text exists. See Deacon.
O:England
A:Northamptonshire
Z:vmp.P. Headford
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=60
K:D
A|\
ded cde|fdfe2c|d>” qu”ed cBA|BGEA2|!
|d|BGB dcB|AFDB3|efg cBA|” crot”d3AGF|\
GAB cAc|” crot”d3d2|]
X:1
T:Roast Beef of Old England
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 2 (1854, p. 103)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
c|f>gf e>fgt|a>gf g2e|f>gf e>dc|d<Bd c2c|
d<Bd f>ed|c>BA B2c|d>ba gfe|f3 c2A|B>cd e<ce|
f3 f2c|dba gfe|f3 c2A|B>cd e<ce|f3 f2||
X:48
T:Roast Beef of Old England
O:No 48 Wm Clarke MS Feltwell, Norfolk
N:Time sig given as C but it is triple time
N:Left as in MS
Z: transcribed by Lyn Law
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
B2|d e2d c2|d2e f2d|f2e2Ad|e2d2cBA|B2G2BA|
A2|d e2d c2|d2e f2d|f2e2Ad|e2d2cBA|B2G2BA:|
|:A2B G2B2d2|cB A2F2|GB efg|f a2g f2|A2F2GAB|
cA c2d2|A2B G2B2d2|cB A2F2|GB efg|f a2g d2|A2F2GAB|cA c2d2|]
X:1
T:Roast Beef of Old England, The
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
F|B>cB ABc|dBd c>BA|B>cB A>GF|GCE F2F|GEG B>AG|
FDB, G3|c>de A>GF|B3 F2D|E>FG FBA|(B3 B2)||