Boatman's Dance (1)

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Also known as	Dance Boatman Dance (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Morris
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History	England/North West"England/North West" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
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BOATMAN'S DANCE [1]. AKA and see "Dance, Boatman, Dance [1]." American (originally), English; Step-dance and Morris Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major (Wade). Standard tuning. AABB (Wade): ABCC. An American minstrel tune with words, also used as a vehicle for step dancing. In England "Boatman's Dance" was employed as a vehicle for a morris dance in North-West Morris, for either polka step or single step. See also "Boatman" [2] for version in old-time tradition.

Printed source: Wade (Mally's North West Morris Book), 1988; pg. 16.

Recorded source: Cottey Light Industries CLI-903, Dexter et al - "Over the Water" (1993. Appears as part of the medley "Godley Hill").

X:1
T:Boatman's Dance  [1]
S:Charles Pool 2009
M:2/2
L:1/4
R:Reel
K:D
G | [BG] [BG] [A3/2F3/2] [A/F/] | [BG] [BG] [A3/2F3/2] [A/F/]  | [BG] [BG] [AF] F | E [AD] [A3/2D3/2] G|
[BG] [BG] [A3/2F3/2] [A/F/] | [BG] [BG] [A3/2F3/2] [A/F/]  | [BG] [BG] [AF] F | E [DD] [D3/2D3/2] E||
F2 EF | [A3D3] [AD] | F2 EF | D3 E |FF FE/F/ | AA AF/A/ | BA FE | [D2D2] [D2D2] ||
|:[d2G2] [B3/2G3/2] [G/B/] | [AD][AD] F2 | F/F/ E/E/ D/D/ E/E/ |FE [DD] z :|
% Adlib Play D with 4th finger on G string for drone with open D string.