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Theme code Index
524 313
Also known as
Waterman's Dance (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
B
Accidental
2 flats
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
3/4
History
Structure
ABC
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Thomas D'Urfey
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Pills to Purge Melancholy
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:County Sheep-Shearing, The
T:Waterman's Dance, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:"From Durfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy"
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune-Book (1853, p. 107)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
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f2c2B2|A4B2|c6|e6|e3fe2|d4 c2|
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