X:1
T:Humours of the Bath, or The Spring's a-Coming
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Chappell - Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Eb
G/F/|E2e dcB|cde BAG|cAF BGE|D>EF F2 G/F/|
E2e dcB|cde BAG|cAF BGE|FED E2||
D/E/|F>GF FGA|Bcd eBG|A>BA G>AG|FGE DcB|
E2e dcB|cde BAG|cAF BGE|FED E2||
HUMOURS OF THE BATH. AKA and see "Bath Medley," "In Paddy's Love," "Spring (1)," "Spring's a-Coming (The)," "Wedding Shoes." English, Country Dance and Air (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune appears in Watts' Musical Miscellany (1729), Playford's Dancing Master (vol. iii), Walsh's Dancing Master (vol. iii), and The Wedding and numerous other ballad operas. See note for "Bath Medley" for more on the town of Bath, England, which is referenced in this double-entendre title.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time, vol. 2), 1859; p. 177.
