X: 1
T:Twas o'er the Hills and Far away. PFD2.055
B:Playford's Dancing Master, Vol 2, 1713-28
Z:vmp.Chris Partington 2015 www.village-music-project.org.uk
T:Over the Hills and Far Away [1],aka. PFD2.055
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:1/2=70
W:Each strain is to be play'd twice o'er
W:The 1st man and his partner cross over the 2d Cu and turn.
W:This to the first strain play'd once
W:Then cross over the 3d Cu and turn
W:This to the first strain play'd twice
W:Then lead up to the top and cast off, and then right hands and left quite round
W:This to the second strain play'd once
W:then lead through the 3d Cu, and cast up and turn your partner
W:This to the second strain play'd twice
K:F
G2|c2ed cded|c2A4G2|c2ed cdec|f2d4G2|
c2ed cded|c2A2f3A|A2GFG2e2|f2d4:|
|:ef|g3fe2d2|c2A4ef|g3fe2dc|f2d4ef|
g3fe2d2|c2A2 f3A|A2GFG2e2|f2d4:|
X:2
T:O'ver the Hills & far away [1]
M:C
L:1/8
B:Bremner, Instructions for the guitar…, Edinburgh, [1758], p. 15
Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige
K:C
GA|c3d cded|c2A2 A2GA|c3d cdec|e2d2 [d2G2]GA|
c3d cded|c2A2 A2c2|G3A GAcd|e2 [d2G2] [d2G2]:|
|:ef|g3a gede|c2A2 A2ef|g3a gedc|e2 [d2G2] [d2G2] ef|
[g3e3][af] gede|c2A2 A2c2|G3A GAcd|[e2c2] [d2G2] [d2G2]:|]
X:3
T:Over the Hills & farr away [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:March
S:William Clark of Lincoln music manuscript collection (1770, No. 20)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
cece cAA2|cece fdd2|cece cA f2|A/G/F GA fd d2:|
|:gage cA A2|gage fd d2|gage cA f2|AG/F/ GA fd d2:|]
