Annotation:Bright Phoebus
X:1 T:Bright Phoebus M:3/4 L:1/8 B:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. 3 (1808) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A2|d2d2d2|d2 (fg) ag|f2d2A2|{B}A4 d>c|B2A2 d>c| B2A2d2|(dc) de (fg)|f2e2 c>d|e2c2a2|{f}e2 dc (BA)| (ef) c2 !trill!B2|A4 A2|e2 dc (BA)|d2d2e2|(fg/a/)g2f2| f2e2 (fe)|d2 Bc (de)|f2f2b2|(f>e)d2c2|B4 A2|d2d2d2| d3e f2|g2g2g2|g4 (ag)|(fe)d2A2|dc (de) (fg)|(a>b) f2 !trill!e2| d4 zA/A/|d4 zA/A/|d4 zA/A/|e4 zA/A/|e4 ze/e/|f2f2f2| (fe) (fg)ag|f2f2f2|(fe) (fg)(ag)|(3fgf (3ded (3efe|(3fgf (3ded (3efe| (3fgf (3efe (3ded|a4 a2|a>g f2 z2|z2z2a2|a>g f2z2|z2z2 a2|g>f e2z2| z2z2e2|g>f e2z2|z2z2e2|f>e d2A2|dc (de) (fg)|a>b f2e2|d4:||
BRIGHT PHEOBUS. English, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A very popular hunting song (featuring imitative sounds) that appears in a great many songsheets, printed folios, and musicians' manuscript collections on both sides of the Atlantic. It was composed by James Hook (1746-1827)
Bright Phoebus has mounted the Chariot of Day,
And the Horns and the Hounds call each sportsman a-way.
Through meadows and woods with speed now they bound,
Whilst health, rosy health, is in exercise found.
