Banbury Bill

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Theme code Index	1346 2435
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Morris
Meter/Rhythm
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	ENGLAND(South Midlands)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Lionel Bacon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Morris Ring (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 47
Year of publication/Date of MS	1974
Artist	Biography:Dave Swarbrick
Title of recording	Lift the Lid and Listen
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
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BANBURY BILL. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. ABBB,ABBB,ABBB,A. From the village of Bampton, in England's Cotswolds.

Printed source: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 47. “William Wells 1868-1953: Morris Dancer, Fiddler and Fool,” Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, vol. 8, no. 1, 1956, pp. 1–15 ([1]). Mallinson (Cotswold Morris Book, vol. 1), 1988; No. 8, pg. 11.

Recorded source: Dave Swarbrick – "Lift the Lid and Listen."

X:1
T:Banbury Bill
D:Swarbrick, Lift the Lid and Listen
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:D
DE  FD  | GA    B2  | EF    GA/G/ | FG A>A  |
AD  FA  | de    f>f | ge    Bc    | d2 d2  :|
d>e fd  | cd    e2  | Bc    de/d/ | cB A2   | 
dD  D>D | F/G/A A>A | B/c/d c/d/e | d2 d2 :|]