Annotation:Emelia's Favorite
X:1 T:Emelia's Favorite M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Quickstep S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb (3F/G/A/ |: B2F FDF | B2c d2e |1 f2d Bcd | e2c cAF :|2 f2d cBc | B3B2 || |: F | BcB AGA | BFD B,DF | BcB AGA | Bcd B2 :| |: F | G2A BAG | F2F FED | C2D EDC |1 DED D2 :|2 B,3 z2 || F |: B2z B2z | c2zB | AGA FGA |1 BFD B,DF :|2 B3 z2 ||
EMELIA'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "New Sheep (??) Quick March," "Weymouth Quickstep (The)." English, Quickstep (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BBCC'DD'. Fr. John Quinn finds versions of the tune as "New Sheep (??) Quick March" in the 1835-41 music manuscript collection of E. and J. Winder (Lake District, Cumbria) and in the Charleton Memorial Tune Book as "Weymouth Quickstep (The)."
