Blue Tail'd Fly

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 Theme code Index    3bH1H1H1H 3bH1H3b1
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Minstrel
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    E
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    John Roose
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:John Roose music manuscript collection
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 788
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1850
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 Score   (1)   



X:3 T:De Blue Tail'd Fly. Roose.0788 M:2/4 L:1/16 Q:1/4=100 Q:"Moderato" B:J.Roose MS, Manchester, c1850 Z:Village Music Project. John Gibbons, 9/2019 K:Em ef | gef^d e=dBd | e2e2e2 ef | gef^d e=dBA | G2E2E2 ef| gef^d e=dBd | egf^d e2BA | GABG AGAB | G2E2E2 GA | G2 E2 E2 GA | B^def gfec | (BAGE) E2 |]