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Theme code Index
3b3b47bL 3b125L
Also known as
Green Sleeves and Pudding Pies , Green Slievs and Pudding Pys , Muincilli Uaitne , Muintide Glas , Green Sleeves , Green Sleeves and Yellow Lace , Little Bogtrotter , Green Sleevs , Christmas Comes but Once a Year
Composer/Core Source
Region
England, Scotland, Ireland
Genre/Style
English, Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 flat
Mode
Dorian
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABB, AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler
Biography:James Oswald
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 8
Tune and/or Page number
p. 4
Year of publication/Date of MS
1760
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
X:1
T:Green Sleevs
T:Greensleeves [4]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Brisk”
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 8 (1760, p. 4)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gdor
"Brisk"(G/A/)|B2B Bcd|cAF F2A|BAG GAB|A^FD D2A|
B2B Bcd|cA=F ABc|BAG A^FD|G3 G2:|
|:d/_e/|fgf f_ed|cAF F2^f|gdg gab|ag=f d2e|
fgf f_ed|cAF ABc|dBG A^FD|G3 G2:|]
X:1
T:Green Sleeves [4]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Slowly"
S:Gow - 4th Repository (1817)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
"Slowly"F|B2B B>cd|c<AF F2G/A/|B>AG GAB|A^FD D2A|
B2B B>cd|cAF F2d/c/|B3A3|(G3G2):|
|:=e|f>gf f=ed|cAF F2^f|gdg gab|a^fd d2=e|
~f>gf f=ed|cAF F2d/c/| B3A3|(G3G2):|
|:B/c/|dBG dBG|cAF cAF|dBG dBG|A^FD AFD|
fdB fdB|cAF Adc|B>AG A^FD|{^F}(G3G2):|
|:d/c/|(Bd)f (Bd)f|(Ac)e (Ac)e|(GB)d (GB)d|^FAd D2(b|
a)d(g f)B(e|d)BG (^F/G/A)D|(GB)d (D^F)A|(G3 G2):||
