Annotation:Hunt the Squirrel (2)
Tune properties and standard notation
HUNT THE SQUIRREL [2]. AKA - "[[Hunting the Squirrel]." English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (x4), AA. The tune was collected in the village of Headington, Oxfordshire, in England's Cotswolds. Versions #2, 3 and 4 are similar in some respects, different in others, but all retain the flavor of the original melody. "Hunt the Squirrel (1)" is perhaps the most distinct.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; p. 179. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book), vol. 1, 1988; No. 5, p. 9.
Recorded sources: