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Theme code Index
537L5L 3L4L5L2
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
B
Accidental
2 flats
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Thomas Skillern
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Skillern's Compleat Collection of Two Hundred & Four Reels...Country Dances
Tune and/or Page number
p. 21
Year of publication/Date of MS
1780
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score (1 )
X:0282
T:Merry Quaker. Roose.0282
B:Roose MS, Manchester, 1850
Z:Village Music Project.2019.Greg Bradfield-Smith.
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
K:Bb clef=treble
f2e dcB|ABc FGE|DFB EGc|Fed c3|
f2e dcB|ABc FGE|DFB Ged|cBA B3:|
|:DFB !trill!BAB|EGB !trill!BAB|cde dcB|AcB AGF|
DFB !trill!BAB|EGB !trill!BAB|bag fdB|ecA B3:|