Come Open the Door Sweet Betty

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Theme code Index	7bL4L3b7L 7bL4L11
Also known as	Rattling Roaring Willie, Mitford Galloway (The), Tom Nokes' Jig
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
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History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Chappell
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Popular Music of the Olden Times vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 147
Year of publication/Date of MS	1859
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COME OPEN THE DOOR, SWEET BETTY. AKA and see "Rattling, Roaring Willie," "The Mitford Galloway," "Tom Nokes' Jig." English, Country Dance Tune and Air (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This melody, notes Chappell (1859), appears in both the Pepys Collection and the Roxburghe, entitled "John's Earnest Request; or, Betty's compassionate love extended to him in a time of distress" which also records it as "a pleasant new tune, much in request." The strain appears in the first part of "Tom Nokes' Jig" (Apollo's Banquet, 1669), though in the Nokes tune the time has been altered to a quick 9/8; it is either derived from "Come Open the Door" or else both are from some earlier common ancestor, states Chappell.

Printed source: Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; p. 147.

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T:Come Open the Door, Sweet Betty
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Chappell - Popular Music of the Olden Time  (1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amin
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