Basket of Oysters (1)

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 Also known as    Paddy the Weaver
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille, March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    E
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Frank Kidson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:English Folksong and Dance
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 30
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1915
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
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BASKET OF OYSTERS [1]. AKA and see "Paddy the Weaver." English, Quickstep and Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. There were a few tunes by this title in period manuscripts. "Basket of Oysters [1]" appears in Glasgow publisher James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 of 1788 (188), wherein "Paddy the Weaver" is given as an alternate title.

Printed source: Kidson (English Folksong and Dance), 1915; pg. 30

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