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HOW DO YOU DO? [1]. AKA - "How D'Ye Do?", "Gee Ho Dobbin (1)." English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time, 'B' part irregular for 2 measures in Raven's version while Mallinson's 'C' part has two measures of 'slows' {4/4 time}). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (Raven): AABBB (x4), AACCC (x4), AA (Mallinson). From the village of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, in England's Cotswolds, collected by Cecil Sharp in 1909 [Field Music Book, XII]. It is a version of "Gee Ho Dobbin (1)" from the Thompson's 1757 country dance collection, and "Gee O'Dobbin" from the John Clare (1793-1864) music manuscripts (Helpstone, Northamptonshire),

Source for notated version: Cecil Sharpe's (England) MSS [Bacon].

Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; p. 287. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 80. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book), 1988; No. 36, p. 24.

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