Annotation:Hey Boys Up Go We (1)

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Tune properties and standard notation


HEY, BOYS, UP GO WE [1]. AKA and see "Cuckolds All in a Row." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Mixolydian/C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Karpeles, Raven, Sharp): AABB (Barnes). The tune dates to 1679 when it was published in John Playford's Dancing Master, in the supplement to the 6th edition.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 227, p. 58. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 13. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 26. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 20.

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Tune properties and standard notation