X:1
T:Green and Gold
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Straight and Skillern – Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (c. 1775, No. 65, p. 33)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d/e/f/g/ .a.a|a/b/a/g/ fa|g/a/g/f/ eg|fa/f/ d2|aA za|
aA za|e2e2|ae A2::a/g/f/g/ fz|eA zg|g/f/e/f/ ez|
fDz2|d'>zd'>a|d'a g/f/e/d/|eg/e/ {d}cB/A/|d/c/d/e/ d2:|
“Trio”
d>efe|dATBA|d>efe|d2 ef|{a}g{f}e{g}f{e}d|
{d}c{B}Aef|{a}g{f}e{g}f{e}d|eA/B/ A/G/F/E/|d>efe|dATBA|
d>efe|d2 ef|{a}gf/e/ {g}fe/d/|{d}c{B}Adf-|f/B/g/e/ dTc|d4||
GREEN AND GOLD. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. The tune and dance instructions also appear in London publisher Thomas Skillern's Skillern's Compleat Collection of Two Hundred & Four Reels (1780).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Straight and Skillern (Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), c. 1775; No. 65, p. 33.
