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LONG MORRIS. English, Morris Dance Tune (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The tune (and song) is an accompaniment to the Lancashire processional morris, from the Moston Rush-cart tradition. These words are sung to the melody:

Cheese and bread, the old cow's head,
Roasted in a lantern,
A bit for me, and a bit for thee,
And a bit for morris dancers;
A bit for me, and a bit for thee,
And a bit for morris dancers.

or

Morris Dance is a very pretty tune,
I can dance in my new shoon;
This is it, and that is it,
And this is morris dancing.
My old father broke his leg,
And so it was a-chancing.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Cottey Light Industries CLI-903, Dexter et al - "Over the Water" (1993).

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