Bonnie Green Garters (1)

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Theme code Index	52 14 55 32
Also known as	Rollicking Irishman (The), Top Of Cork Road (1), Cork Road, Yorkshire Lasses (1), Father O'Flynn
Composer/Core Source
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"England/West 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.
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Karpeles & Schofield
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs (A)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 38
Year of publication/Date of MS	1951
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BONNY GREEN GARTERS [1]. AKA and see "The Rollicking Irishman," "Top Of Cork Road [1]," "Cork Road," "The Yorkshire Lasses [1]," "Father O'Flynn." English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Karpeles, Raven): AAAAB ad lib (Mallinson): ABCBC (Barnes). The traditional farewell tune during a morris dance performance. This version was collected from the village of Headington, in England's Cotswolds, and is commonly played following the Bampton version (#2) in the processional off the dance site ('morris off').

Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; p. 193. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 13. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 38. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book), 1988, vol. 2; No. 55, p. 27. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 74.

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T:Bonny Green Garters [1]
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:G
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G>AB cde|d>ed dcB|A3G3||d>cB AGF|G3A3|d>cB AGF|
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