Annotation:Christmas Day in the Mornin' (2)
Tune properties and standard notation
CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING [2]. English, Jig and Air. England, Northumberland. C Major (Vickers): G Major (Bruce & Stokoe). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Bruce & Stokoe): AABB (Vickers). A Christmas carol. Originally "Christenmiss Day in the Morning" in William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian music manuscript collection [1].
Dame get up and bake your pies,
Bake your pies, bake your pies;
Dame get up and bake your pies,
On Christmas Day in the morning. (Bruce & Stokoe)
Printed sources: Choicest Scots Tunes/Bagpipe, p. 12. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 266. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; p. 111.
X:1
T:Christenmass Day in the Morning [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:William Vickers (1770, Northumbria)
K:D
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