Annotation:All around the May Pole
X:1 T:All around the May Pole M:2/4 L:1/8 R: B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 606) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d/e/f/g/ aa|d'd'b z|az fz|e/d/e/f/ d z!fermata!:| d'd' ba|d'd' ed|d'd' aa|b/d'/c'/b/ az!D.C.!y|]
ALL AROUND THE MAY POLE. AKA - "All around the maypole, see how they trot." English, American; Country Dance Tune or March (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. The tune was entered into the music manuscript collections of poet John Clare (c. 1840, Helpston, Northamptonshire), and in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England.
