Annotation:Happy Tawny Moor
X:1 T:Happy Tawny Moor M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 2” (New York, 1817, No. 25, p. 8) F: https://archive.org/details/flutemelodies0000rile/page/6/mode/2up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2|B>cd>c|B4|B>cd>c|B>AB>c|d2B2|A>GA>B|A>cB>A|B4| B>cd>c|B2B2|A>GA>B|G4:|f2-gz|f2-gz|z>ed>B|G2G2| B2G2|A>GA>B|A>cB>A|B4 |B>cd>c|B4|B>cd>c|B2B2|A>GA>B|G4||
HAPPY TAWNY MOOR. English, Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Happy Tawny Moor" is a "favorite duet" composed by Samuel Arnold (1740-1802) in the late 18th century for the musical burletta The Mountaineers (libretto by George Colman) where it was sung by Mrs. Bland and Mr. Bannister Junr. The song was very popular and issued on broadsides and in songsters and anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic, from the 1790's through several decades of the next century.
