Come Up the Back Stairs

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Theme code Index	5L321 57L21
Also known as	Merry Dance
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	USA(New England)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Ralph Sweet
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fifer's Delight (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 69
Year of publication/Date of MS	1964
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COME UP THE BACK STAIRS. AKA and see "Merry Dance." New England, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Printed sources: Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertoire), 1983; No. 27. Page (Ralph Page Book of Contras), 1969; p. 3. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 69.

Recorded source: Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller--"Castles in the Air."

X:1
T:Come Up the Back Stairs
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D2B B2A|AGF G2B|d2F FEF|A2G GFE|D2B B2A|
AGF GAB|d2F FEF|G3 G2:||:d|gfg bge|edB def|
gfg bge|ed^c def|g2g gab|e2d efg|ded def|agf g2:||