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Theme code Index
14 42 36L 5L1
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English, Morris
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
F
Accidental
1 flat
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
England/South Midlands"England/South 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.
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S:Bacon (Bledington)
K:F
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BILLY BOY [1]. English, Jig and Morris Dance Tune. F Major (Bacon, Carlin): G Major (Mallinson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB, x4. A truncated version of "Constant Billy." From the Bledington, Gloucestershire, a small village in England's Cotswolds, where the melody was collected in 1925 from fiddler Charles Benfield.
Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; p. 77. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 53, p. 40. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book), 1988, vol. 2; No. 3, p. 4.
