Annotation:Down in the North Country
Tune properties and standard notation
DOWN IN THE NORTH COUNTRY. AKA - "Farmer's Daughter of Merry Wakefield." English, Air. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The air appears in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729) under the title "What gudgeons are we men." Frank Kidson (1922) says it was a popular 17th century tune that appears under various names as the vehicle for numerous songs.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 64.
Recorded sources: