Cutting at the Broom

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Theme code Index	5142 5124
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
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.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	John Rook
Book/Manuscript title	Book:John Rook manuscript
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Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1842
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CUTTING AT THE BROOM. English, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the c. 1842 music manuscript collection of John Rook, a musician from Cumbria.

X:1
T:Cutting at the Broom
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:John Rook ms. (Cumbria, 1842)
K:A
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d2c B2A|BdB cec|A2A A2::f|ece fdf|ecA A2f|
ece fga|B2c d2f|ecA ABc|d2c B2A|BdB cec|A3 A2:||