Annotation:Fox and the Grapes (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
FOX AND GRAPES, THE. AKA and see "Blue-Tailed Fly (The)." English, Scottish; Reel or Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. ABB (Kerr): AABB (Hall & Stafford, Raven). The title is presumably from the Aesop's fable of the envious fox.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; p. 20. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 383, p. 42. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 142.
Recorded sources: