Annotation:Soldier and a Sailor (A)
X:1 T:Soldier and a Sailor, A M:6/4 L:1/8 N:”Longways for as many as will.” B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth B: (London, 1740, No. 174) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb D2|(D2F2)B2 (B2c2)d2|B6 F4A2|B2c2d2 d2e2f2|d6 B4c2| d2e2f2f2e2d2|g6G4A2|B2c2d2 d2c2B2|f6F4G2| A2B2c2 c4A2|(F6F4)G2|A2B2c2 c4^e2|(f6f4)|| c2|c3dc2 c4d2|(e6 e4)f2|g3_ag2f4e2|(d6d4)e2| f3gf2e4d2|c6 d2e2f2|g2f2e2 e2c2B2|A6 F4f2| g2a2b2 a4b2|(b6b4)c2|d3ef2 c4B2|(B6B4)||
SOLDIER AND A SAILOR, A. English, Air. The air appears in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1729) as the vehicle for the song "A fox may steal your hens, sir." It also appears in Thomas D'Urfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. III.