Annotation:Under the Greenwood Tree (1)
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UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE. English, Air (6/4 or 6/8 time). D Major (Oswald). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD (Oswald). The melody and country dance instructions were printed in John Playford's Dancing Master, supplement to the 6th edition (1679), and were retained in the long-running series through the 18th and final edition of 1728.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 11), 1760; p. 126.
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