Annotation:Christmas Day in the Morning (5)
X:1 T:Christmas Day in the Morning (5) M:6/8 L:1/8 S:John Bell (1783-1864) music manuscript collection (c. 1812) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D c|d2d def|{f}e2d cde|d2B BcB|A2F F2c| d2d def|{f}e2d cde|dcB cB^A|B3 B2|| B|A2F FEF|A2F FdB|A2F FEF|dcd BdB| A2F FEF|A2F FAc|fdB ec^A|B3 B2||
CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING [5]. AKA and see: "Basket of Oysters," "Bunch of Roses," "Green Sleeves," "Green Slives," "Greensleeves (3)." English, Air or Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A version of "Greensleeves" from the c. 1812 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician John Bell [1] (1783-1864). Matt Seattle finds Bell's "Christmas Day in the Morning" title to be ideosyncratic for the "Greensleeves" tune; there are no other examples.
