X:1
T:Here’s a health to all good lasses
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 1” (New York, 1814, No. 200, p. 52)
B: https://archive.org/details/flutemelodies0000rile/page/n55/mode/2up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d>e|gdgf|ed f>g|afba|gfaa|aaba|aggg|ggag |gf a>a|
bbac|d2 a>a|bbac|d2 de|fdec|ddde|fdec|d2 b>b|
afge |d2 ab|ge A/B/c/A/|dd ab|ge A/B/c/A/|dd aa|
aaba|aggg|ggag|gf a>a|bbac|d2 a>a|bbac|d2||
George Cruikshank (?), 1818.HERE'S A HEALTH TO ALL GOOD LASSES. English, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A much-anthologized song, printed in Edward Jones's Musical Bouquet, or popular songs and ballads (London, 1799, p. 34), London Minstrel (1820) and similar period songsters.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Edward Riley (Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 1), New York, 1814; No. 200, p. 52.
Recorded sources : - The Mellstock Band - "The Dance at the Phoenix: Village Band Music from Hardy's Wessex and Beyond" (1999).
