Blow Away the Morning Dew

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Theme code Index	5L111 1113
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Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(New England)
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Dudley Laufman
Book/Manuscript title	Book:OK Let's Try a Contra Men on the Right Ladies on the Left Up and Down the Hall
Tune and/or Page number	p. 3
Year of publication/Date of MS	1973
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BLOW AWAY THE MORNING DEW. New England, Air and Contra Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. This famous folk air was adapted for contra dancing by caller Dudley Laufman (Canterbury, New Hampshire) from the singing of Richard Dyer Bennett.

Printed source: Laufman (Okay, Let's Try a Contra, Men on the Right, Ladies on the Left, Up and Down the Hall), 1973; p. 3.

X: 1
T:Blow Away the Morning Dew
B:The Seeds of Love, Stephen Sedley, EFDSS,1967
S:William Bartlett, Wimbourne, Dorset
Z:Hammond
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:4/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:G
D2 |D2 G2 G2 G2 |G2 G2 G2 B2 |A2 G2 F2 G2 | A6
w:There was a knight was drunk with wine Came rid-ing down the way
A2 |A2 d2 d2 d2 |c2 B2 A2 A2 |G2 E2 E2 E2 | c4
w:And there he met a lad-y fair a-mong the cocks of hay
B2 A2 |G2 G2 G2 E2 |E2 D2 D4 |d3 e d2 B2 | d8|
w:Sing-ing loud-ly whist-le in the wind Blow the wind hi ho
 e2 d2 d2 c2 |B2 A2 G2 c2 |B3 B A2 G2 | G6  |]
w:Blow a-way the morn-ing dew How sweet the winds do blow