Annotation:Merry Sherwood
X:1 T:Merry Sherwood T:Straw Bonnet, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:William Campbell – “Campbell’s 12th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & B:Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as B:Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, c. 1797, p. 19) F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9a/IMSLP655932-PMLP1052069-campbells12thboo00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb V:1 F|B>cBc d/c/B fB|dfBd c>dcd|B>cBc d/c/B fB|c>Bc>d B>cB:| |:d/e/|fdge fd {ef}g2|fbfd c>d cd/e/|fdge fd {ef}g2|fbfd B>cB:| |:B/c/|d>cBA BGFD|FGed c>d cB/c/|d>cBA BGFD|Fedc B>cB:| V:2 clef = bass z|B,,2B,,2B,,2z2|B,,2B,,2F,,2z2|B,,2B,,2B,,2D,2|F,2F,,2B,,3:| |:z|B,,2B,,2B,,2B,,2|B,,2D,2F,2F,,2|B,,2B,,2B,,2B,,2|B,,2B,,2B,,3:| |:z|B,,F,D,F, E,2D,B,,|B,,2C,B,, F,,2F,2|B,,F,D,F, E,2 D,B,,|F,2F,,2B,,3:|
MERRY SHERWOOD. AKA - "Straw Bonnet." English, Reel (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC.
