Bobbing Around (2)

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Theme code Index	1351H 4516L
Also known as	Yankee Song Bobbin' Around (The)
Composer/Core Source	Biography:W. J. Florence, Biography:1855
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Morris
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	England/West Midlands"England/West Midlands" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property., USA/Southeast"USA/Southeast" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property., USA/Deep South"USA/Deep South" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property., USA/Mid-Atlantic"USA/Mid-Atlantic" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	ABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Lionel Bacon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Morris Ring (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 41
Year of publication/Date of MS	1974
Artist	Biography:Francis Shergold
Title of recording	Greeny Up
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Veteran VT111
Year recorded	1988
Media
Score ()

BOBBING AROUND [2]. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major (Mallinson): A Major (Bacon). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Bacon): ABB, x4 (Mallinson). Similar to version #1. This version is from the village of Bampton, in England's Cotswolds.

Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; p. 41. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book), vol. 1, 1988; No. 6, p. 10. Rhett Krause, "‘Bobbin' Around’: Yankee Character Song and Bampton Morris Tune", Country Dance and Song, 24 (1994), p. 14-24 (The A part is clearly derived from W. J. Florence's song).

Recorded source: Veteran VT111, Francis Shergold - "Greeny Up" (1988. Recorded from Bampton morris musicians.)

X: 1
T:Bobbing Around
M:6/8
S:Bacon (MDT)
A:Bampton
O:English
R:Jig
P:A(AB2)4
K:G %Transposed from A
P:A
D | G2A B2c | d2g g>dB | {d}c>BA d>BA | G2F E2D |
G2A B2c | d2g g>dB | c>BA AdF | G3 G2 |]
P:B
B/d/ | e2A A>Bc | d>BG G>AB | c2A B2G | A2F D>Bc |
d2B c>BA | B>AG A>Bc | d>BG A2F | G3 G2 |]