Balance the Straw (1)
X:1 T:Ballance [sic] a Straw [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:David Rutherford – Rutherford’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite B:Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, c. 1760, No. 27, p. 14) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dc|B2 B>B {Bc}d2 cB|A2 A>A A2 Bc|{Bc}d2 cB {AB}c2 BA|G2 G>G G2:| |:gf|e2 d>d d2 (3GBd|c2 B>B B2 gf|e2 d>d d2 cB|AGAB D2 dc| B2 B>B BgdB|A2 A>A A2 Bc|dgdB AcBA|G2 G>G G2:|]
X:1
T:Balance a Straw [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
S: William Clark of Lincoln music manuscript collection (1770, No. 18, p. 11)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GA|B2 BB Bc dB|A2 AA A2 Bc|d2 cB c2 BA|G2 GG G2:|
|:gf|e2 dd d2 GA|B2 BB B2 gf|e2 dd d2 cA|AGFE D2 GA|
B2 BB B2 gB|A2 AA A2 Bc|dgdB c2 BA|G2 GG G2:|]
X:1
T:Balance a Straw
M:C
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, p. 37)
N:Rook was a multi-instrumentalist from Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GA|B2 B>B BdcB|A2 A>A A2 Bc|d2 cB c2 BA|[G2c2]G>G G2:|
gf|e2 d>d d2 GA|B2 B>B B2 gf|e2 d>d d2 c>B|AGAB D2 GA|
B2 B>B BdcB|A2 AA A2 Bc|d2 cB c2 BA|G2 GG G2||
X:1
T:Balance the Straw [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
A:Bledington
P:AAB(CB)2
K:G
P:A
|:DG|B2B2 BdcB|c2A2 A2Bc|d2B2 c2Ac|B2G2 G2:|
P:B
gf|e2d2 d2G2|B2B2 B2gf|e2d2 d2G2|GGFE D2DG|
B2B2 BdcB|c2A2 A2Bc|d2B2 c2Ac|B2G2 G2||
P:C
|:z2|D2G2 B4|B4 B2d2|\
c2B2 c4|A4 A2Bc|d2B2 c2Ac|B2G2 G2:|