X: 1
T:Quick and Merry.2voices. AJH.004
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
S:A.J.Hughes MS
O:England
A:North Shropshire
W:The first Gent'n lead his partner With both round the 2nd cup to their own places.
W:The 2nd Cup do the same round the 1st Cup to their own places.
W:1st Cup lead down the middle up again. Allemade(sic) with partner
Z:Neil Brookes 2006
V:1 clef=treble
V:2 clef=bass
%%staves {1 2}
K:D
[V:1] |: D2d dcB | ABA AGF | GGG FFF | EEE GFE |
[V:2] |: D,F,A, F,2G, | F,3 D,3 | E,E,E, D,D,D, | C,2A,, D,3 |
%
[V:1] D2d dcB | ABA AGF | Bcd efg | fge d3 :|
[V:2] D,F,A, F,2G, | F,3 D,3 | G,3 E,3 | A,2A,, D,3 :|
%
[V:1] |: a3 f3 | BdB BdB | g3 e3 | AcA AcA |
[V:2] |: D,F,A, D,F,A, | D,G,B, D,G,B, | C,E,A, C,E,A, | C,E,A, C,E,A, |
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[V:1] ddd BBB | ggg eee | fga agf | gec d3 :| !
[V:2] D,F,A, D,F,A, |C,E,A, C,E,A, | F,2G, F,2D, | A,2A,, D,3 :|
QUICK AND MERRY. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). England, Yorkshire. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was also in the mid 19th century music manuscript collections of Lawrence Leadley (north Yorkshire) and A.J. Hughes (north Shropshire).
Additional notes Source for notated version : - an MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle].
Printed sources : - Cahusac (Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1785), 1785; p. 4. Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 48, p. 41.
