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X:1 T:Willy and Cuddy M:C| L:1/4 R:Air B:Chappell – Old English Popular Music vol. 1 (1859, p. 158) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dAGA|BB A2|AA^GA|A^G A2||BdcG|FAGB|AcBd|^cedd|| BBdd|AAc2|GGBB|FF A2|EEGB |AcB2|AGAB|AA !fermata!G2||



WILLY AND CUDDY. AKA – “The Shepherd’s Dialogue of Love between Willy and Cuddy: To the tune of Maying-time,” “The Willow Tree: A Pastoral Dialogue.” English, Ballad Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. The air appears in Forbes' Songs and Fancies (1666), a MS of 1639 in the Advocates Library, Edinburgh, and a MS in the British Museum (29,481). Versions can also be found in The Golden Garland of Princely Delights, 3rd ed. (162) as “The Shepherd’s Dialogue of Love between Willy and Cuddy: To the tune of Maying-time,”, and in Percy’s Reliques of Ancient Poetry as “The Willow Tree: A Pastoral Dialogue.”


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Printed sources : - Chappell (Old English Popular Music vol. 1), 1859; p. 158.






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