Barking Barber (The)

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Theme code Index	1111 2531
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Chappell
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Popular Music of the Olden Times vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 183
Year of publication/Date of MS	1859
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BARKING BARBER, THE. AKA and see "Bow Wow Wow." English, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Chappell (1859) finds various versions of this tune, "caused by the different metres that have been adapted to it" for the purpose of fitting the tune to different lyrics. Songs to this tune include "Guy Fawkes," "Date obolum Belisario," and "O Fortune! how strangely are thy gifts awarded." The town of Barking is in Essex, once the site of a famous abbey, demolished in 1539.

Printed source: Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pg. 183.

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