Bells of Osley (The)

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Theme code Index	75 31 32 15L
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AABB
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	No. 156
Year of publication/Date of MS	1773
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BELLS OF OSLEY. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Osley = perhaps Ousley. The melody was first published in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). It was entered into the 1840 music copybook of Cumbrian musician John Rook, along with several other tunes from the Thompson's 1773 collection (see "Knights of the Garter").

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 156.

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