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
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), USA(Southeast), USA(Deep South), USA(Mid Atlantic)
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
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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 |]