Be Merry and Wise (2)

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Theme code Index	1565 3662
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	ENGLAND(North East)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Vickers
Book/Manuscript title	Book:William Vickers' music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 225
Year of publication/Date of MS	1770
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X:1
T:Be Merry and Wise
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:William Vickers music manuscript (Northumberland, 1770)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
D/E/F/G/ AD BDAD|FABd B2E2|D/E/F/G/ AD BDAD|cefg Tf2d2:|
|:g|fdeA fdeA|FABd B2E2|fdeA fdeA|cefgTf2d2:||

BE MERRY AND WISE. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears unique to Vickers' 1770 collection.

Source for notated version: the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom, unfortunately, nothing is known [Seattle].

Printed source: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 225.

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