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X:1
T:Wood Picker, The
T:AKA - "Woodpecker [1], The."
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821
N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his
N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had
N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the
N:mid-20th cent.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|.d(d/d/) d/e/f/d/|.e(e/e/) e>e|.f(e/d/) .d(c/d/)|e/c/d/B/ .A(A/A/)|.d(d/d/) .d(c/d/)|
.e(e/e/) e z/A/|.a(f/d/) B (G/G/)|.A(B/c/) d/e/f/g/|.a(f/d/) .B(G/G/)|.A(B/c/) d2||(A/A/)|
.A(G/F/) E(B/B/)|.B(A/G/) .F (f/f/)|.f(f/f/) d/f/z|.f(f/f/) d/f/f|f/e/d/c/ B(B/B/)|
.d(d/d/) .B(B/B/)|.e(e/e/) .c(c/c/)|.f(f/e/) .d(e/f/)|.g(f/f/) e(d/d/)|.d(c/^c/) (B/B/)z|
e/e/ (dc) A/A/|.a(f/d/) B/B z/G/|A/A/B/c/ d/e/f/g/|.a(f/d/) B/B/z/G/|AB/c/ .d2||
X: 1
T:Woodpecker [1]. JC.015
R:March
S:John Clare,Poet,Helpston. (1793-1864)
N:b5 4SQs are 4Qs in MS. b13,21,23, the last notes, Quavers in the MS,
N:are given as Semi Quavers to match other bars.MR.
N:An almost identical tune by the same name in the Hardy MS.
O:England
A:Northamptonshire
Z:vmp.P. Headford
M:2/4
L:1/16
Q:1/4=90
K:D
A2|\
d2dd defd|e2ee e3e|f2ed d2(cd)|ec d3B A2AA|!
d2dd edcd|e2ee e2zA|a2fd B2GG|A2Bc (defg)|!
a2fd B2GG|A2Bc d2 AA|A2GF E2 BB|B2AG F2 ff|!
f2f2f2zf|(fe)(dc) B2BB|d2dd B2BB|e2ee c2cc|!
f2fe d2ef|ag ge e2 dd|d2c=c BBzA|ee d2c2 AA|!
a2fd BBzG|A(ABc) d(efg)|a2fd BBzG|A2Bc d4|]
W:An almost identical tune by the same name in the Hardy MS.
