Beaux of London City (2)
X: 1 T:Beaux of London City, Badby M:6/8 L:1/8 A:Badby P:A(AB)5 K:A P:A |:A2B c2A|dec ABc|\ M:9/8 L:1/8 d2c BGE A3:| P:B |:e2c B2A ce2|A2A B2c d3|\ M:6/8 e2c d2B|AGF EAc|\ M:9/8 edc dcB A3:|
BEAUX OF LONDON CITY [2]. English, Morris Dance Tune (irregular rhythm). A Major (Bacon): G Major (Mallinson). Standard tuning. AABB, x5. From Badby, Northhamptonshire, in England's Cotswolds. Cecil Sharp [Sharp & Butterworth, The Morris Book, Part V, p. 36, 1913] collected the dance and tune from Mr. Ephraim Cox, then aged 74, and the last surviving member of the Badby morris tradition (the team had disbanded forty years prior).
Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 30. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book), vol. 2, 1988; No. 46, pg. 23.