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Theme code Index	1355 7542
Also known as	One evening having lost my way, Walpole, I'm like a skiff on the ocean tossed
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AB, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:John Walsh
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Complete Country Dancing-Master Volume the Fourth
Tune and/or Page number	No. 26
Year of publication/Date of MS	1740
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Happy Clown
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:”Longways for as many as will.” 
B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth
B: (London, 1740, No. 26)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d|G2A B>AG|d2d d2g|f2e d2c|B2A G2d|
G2A B>AG|d2d d2g|f2e e2d|(d3 d2)||
d|dBc d>ed|c2B c3|cAB c>dc|B2A B2d|
g2d g2d|(g3 g>)fe|dcB A2G|G3 G2||

X:2
T:Happy Clown, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Oswald - Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 7 (1760, p. 7)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|G2A BAG|d2d d2g|Tf2e Td2c|TB2A G2D|
G2A BAG|d2d d2g|Tf2e Te2d|d3-d2:|
|:d|dBc ded|dcB c2c|cAB cdc|cBA TB2d|
g2d g2d|g3 gfe|dcB TA2G|G3-G2:|
|:D|GDG BGB|dBg d2b|agf edc|BcA G2D|
GDG BGB|dBd gdb|agf ge^c|d3-d2:|
|:d|d(B/c/d/)B/ dgb|dcB c2a|c(A/B/c/A/) cfa|cBA B2d|
g3a3|bag fge|dcB TA2G|G3-G2:|]

X:2
T:Happy Clown, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Aird, vol. II (1785)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D | G2A BAG | d2d d2g |Tf2e dcB | c2B AFD | 
G2A BAG | d2d d2g | fed edc | d3d3 :|
|: B/c/ | dBc ded | dcB c3 | cAB cdc | cBA B2d | 
g2d g2d | g3 gfe | dcB AGF | G3 G3 :||

X:3
T:Happy Clown, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Chappell - Popular Music of the Olden Time  (1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Eb
B, | E2F GFE | B2B B2e | d2c B2A | G2F E2B, | 
E2F GFE|B2B B2e|dcB c2A|(B3 B2)B|
BGA BcB | BAG A2A | AFG ABA | AGF G2B | 
e2B e2B|(e3 e2) d/c/|BAG F2E|(E3E2)||

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