Annotation:Old Molly Oxford (1)

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OLD MOLLY OXFORD [1]. AKA and see "Molly Oxford," "Old Mother Oxford." English, Morris Dance Tune (2/2 time). D Major (Bacon-Fieldtown): G Major (Bacon-Ilmington). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (x4), A (Bacon-Ilmington): A,AABBAABBAABBAA (Bacon-Field Town). Collected from the villages of Field Town (Cecil Sharp's name for the village of Leafield, Oxfordshire) and Ilmington, (Warwickshire), in England's Cotswolds.

Source for notated version: Leafield fiddler Frank Butler [Sharp].

Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pp. 151 & 216.

Recorded sources: Cottey Light Industries CLI-903, Dexter et al - "Over the Water" (1993). Topic TSCD 458, John Kirkpatrick - "Plain Capers: Morris Dance Tunes from the Cotswolds."

See also listing at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qidtE7CcpvU

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