Annotation:Room for a Rover
X:1 % T:Room for a Rover T:Blackbird, The C:James Peasable M:3/2 L:1/8 B:D'Rufey - Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. 2 (1719) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G2d4cB A2G2 | G2d2e2 f2g4 | A2a4 gf e2d2 | A2d4^c2d4 :|B2e4^d2e2B2 | B2e4^d2e4 | A2d4^c2d2A2 | G2 d4 ^c2 d4|G2c4 B2c2 BA| GA Bc defd f2G2|g2 fe defd g2G2|g2 fed c2 BA G4||
ROOM FOR A ROVER. English, ‘Old’ or Triple Hornpipe (3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The song "Room for a Rover" was printed in Thomas D’Urfy’s Wit and Mirth; or, Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. 2, around the year 1719. The words were by D'Urfey, but the tune was set to "a Tune of Mr. Peasable's call'd ye new Dance."