Annotation:Fanny Blooming Fair
X:4 T:Fanny Blooming Fair. Roose.0004 B:J.Roose MS, Manchester, 1850 Z:Village Music Project 2019 Eric Conrad M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 N:NB) (Technical note) Abc2midi ignores the three spiccatos (!wedge!) in N: playback and generates three warnings which may be ignored. N:NB1) Acciaccatura assumed here. K:G |: G/A/ | BAG dcB | e2e efg | dcB ABc | {/c}"_NB1"B3 ABc | BAG AGF | G3 EFG | A2G F2E | D3- D2 :| |: D//E//F//G// | A2A A2B | c3 B2A | G2F G2A | B3 c3 | (B/c/d)!wedge!B G2g | e/f/g!wedge!e d2A | F2G A/B/c!wedge!A | G3 G2 :|
FANNY BLOOMING FAIR. English, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The words and music to the song "Fanny Blooming Fair" can be found in Apollo's Banquet; or, The Muses Delight[1] (London, 1756, p. 214), "set by Mr. Howard." The words begin:
When Fanny blooming fair
First met my ravish’d sight,
Caught with her shape & Air
I felt a strange delight:
Whilst eagerly I gaz’d,
Admiring ev’ry Part,
And ev’ry Feature prais’d,
She stole into my Heart.
A somewhat more elaborate version of the melody was entered as an air in the 1840 music manuscript of John Roose, Manchester, England.
