Come Ashore Jolly Tar with Your Trousers On

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 Theme code Index    3b3b3bH2H 7b3b7b6b
 Also known as    Cuckoo (The), Cuckoo's Nest (4) (The), Come Ashore, Come Ashore Jolly Tar and Your Trowsers On, Trousers On (The), Jacky Tar, Spealadoir (An), Reaper (The), I do confess thou art sae fair
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Ireland
 Genre/Style    English, Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    E
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABBCC, AABBCCDD
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Aird
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 190, p. 66
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1782
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Come ashore Jolly Tar & your Trousers on M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 190, p. 66) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin BA|GFGE g2 fe|dBGB c2 TBA|GFGE DEFA|d2A2A2 TBA| GFGE g2 fe|dBGB c2 BA|GFGE DEFA|G2E2E2:| |:Bd|e3f efge|d2B2B2 AB|d^cde defe|d2A2A2 Bd| edef g2 Tfe|dBGB c2BA|GFGE DEFA|G2E2E2:| |:GA|BGEG BGEG|BAGF E2 TFG|AFDF AFDF|AGFE D2 TEF| GFGF Egfe|dBGB AcBA|GFGE DEFA|G2E2E2:| |:Bd|edef efge|d2B2 BAB^c |dcde defe|d2A2A2 Bd| edef egfe|dBGB AcBA|GFGE DEFA|G2E2E2:|]


X: 1 T:Come ashore Jolly Tar With your trousers on. JBut.569 B:John Buttrey MS, poss. Lincolnshire, early 19thC S:https://buttreymilitarysocialtunes1800.wordpress.com/ Z:Village Music Project 2019 Eric Conrad M:C Q:1/2=90 L:1/8 W:(2) Assuming C# carries over from previous measure. [Not marked in MS.] K:G P:A |: BA | GFGE g2fe | dBGB c2BA | GFGE DEFA | d2A2 A2 "^tr"BA | GFGE g2fe | dBGB c2BA | GFGE DEFA | G2E2 E2 :| P:B |: Bd | e3f efge | d2B2 B2AB | d^cde defe | d2A2 A2Bd | edef g2 "^tr"fe | dBGB c2BA | GFGE DEFA | G2E2 E2 :| P:C |: GA | BGEG BGEG | BAGF E2FG | AFDF AFDF | AGFE D2EF | GFGF Egfe | dBGB AcBA | GFGE DEFA | G2E2 E2 :| P:D |: Bd | edef efge | d2B2 BAB^c | d"_(2)"^cde defe | d2A2 A2Bd | edef egfe | dBGB AcBA | GFGE DEFA | G2E2 E2 :|


X:1 T:Gone ashore jolly Tar’s with your trousers on M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 197) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G BA|GFGE g2 fe|dBGB c2 BA|GFGE DEFG|d2 A2A2 BA| GFGE g2 fe|dBGB c2 BA|GFGE DEFA|G2E2E2:| |:Bd|e3f efge|d2B2B2 AB|dcde defe|d2 A2A2 Bd| Edef g2 fe|dBGB c2 cB|GFGE DEFA|G2E2E2:| |:GA|BGEG BGEG|BAGF E2 FG|AFDF AFDF|AGFE D2 EF| GFGE Dgfe|dBGB AcBA|GFGE DEFA|G2E2E2:| |:Bd|edef efge|d2 B2 BABc|dcde defe|d2A2A2 Bd| edef egfe|dBGB AcBA|GFGE DEFA|G2E2E2:|]


X:2 T:Come Ashore, Jolly Tar, Your Trousers On M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Frank Kidson - Old English Country Dances (1890) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Dmin AG|FEFD f2 ed|cAFA c2 BA|GFED C2 cB|c2 G4 AG| FEFD f2 ed|cAFA c2 BA|GFED C2 EG|F2D2D2:| |:Ac|d2e2f2 ed|c2A2 A3c|GAcd egde|c2G2G2 AG| FEFD f2 ed|cAFD c2 BA|GFED C2 EG|F2D2D2:| |:FG|AFDF AGFE|D4 z2 EF|GECE cEDE|GFED C2 Ac| dcde f2 ed|cAFA c2 BA|GFED C2 EG|F2D2D2:||


X:2 T:Come Ashore Jolly Tar with your Trousers On T:Jacky Tar T:Cuckoo's Nest M:4/4 L:1/8 C:As played by John Adams S:18th C London Stage Hornpipe A:England H:18th C London Stage Hornpipe Z:John Adams K:G BA | GFGE g2 fe | dBGB d2 cB | AGFE D2 d^c | d2 A2 A2 BA | GFGE g2 fe| dBGB d2 cB | AGFE DEFA |1G2 E2 E2:|2 G2 E2 E4| ||: e2 ef g2 fe | d2 B2B3 B | ABde faef | d2 A2 A2 Bd | e2 ef g2 fe | dBGB d2 cB | AGFE DEFA|1 G 2 E2 E4 :|2 G2E2 E2 GA || |: BGEG BAGF | E6 FG| AFDF AFDF | AGFE D2EF | GF GE g2 fe | dBGB d2 cB | AGFE DEFA |1G2 E2 E2 EG :|2 G2 E2 E2 ||