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| Theme code Index | 115 227L |
| Also known as | Roger de Coverley, Roger of Coverly, Sir Roger, Maltman (The), Old Roger a Coverdill, Haymakers (3) (The), Old Roger the New Way, Ould Roger de Coverley |
| Composer/Core Source | |
| Region | England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, United States |
| Genre/Style | English, Scottish |
| Meter/Rhythm | Country Dance, Slip/Hop Jig |
| Key/Tonic of | G |
| Accidental | 1 sharp |
| Mode | Ionian (Major) |
| Time signature | 9/4, 9/8 |
| History | |
| Structure | ABB, AABB, ABC, AABBCC, AABBCCDD |
| Editor/Compiler | John Playford |
| Book/Manuscript title | Book:Division Violin |
| Tune and/or Page number | No. 10 |
| Year of publication/Date of MS | 1685 |
| Artist | |
| Title of recording | |
| Record label/Catalogue nr. | |
| Year recorded | |
| Media |  Played by: Pump Action Band Source: Soundcloud Image: Sir Roger de Coverley and gypsies, 1840 engraving. |
| Score (1) |  |
X:1
T:Roger of Coverly, a Jigg
M:9/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Playford - Division Violin (1685, No. 10)
B: https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/4/42/IMSLP96722-PMLP198850-Playford_John-_division_violin.pdf
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="0."
[V:1] A,2|B,-CD2 D2 (FG) A2 B2-A2F2|E6 E2F2D2C4A,2|(B,C D2) D2 (FG) A2 A2 (B2A2)F2|D6- D3E D2 C4 B,2|
(B,CD2) E2 (F2G2)A2 (B2c2d2)|e6-e4 E2 C4 A,2|(B,2C2) D2 (F2G2) A2 (B2A2)F2|D6 D2-E2 D2 C4A,2|
A2F4B2G4 A2(F2A2)|E6-E3F D2 C4A,2|A2F4B2G4 A2(F2A2) D6-D3E D2C4A,2|
(A2F2)A2 (B2G2) B2 (A2F2)A2|E4 E2 (F2D2)E2 C4 A,2|(A2F2)A2 (B2G2) B2 (A2F2)A2|d6 D3E D2C4A,2|
(AGFE) D2 (BAGF) E2 (AGFE)D2|E6-E3F D2 C4 A,2|(AGFE) D2 (BAGF) E2 (AGFE) D2|d6 E2 B,2D2C4A,2|
B,CD2D2D4 a2g4f2|(efg2) E2 E2-F2 D2 C4 A,2| B,2-C2D2 D4f2 e4c2|(Bcd2)D2 D3E D2 C4A,2|
A2F4-F4 B2 A2F2-A2|E6E3F D2 C4A,2|A2F4-F4 B2 A2F2-A2|d6 D3ED2 C4 A,2|
(d2c2B2) (A2G2F2) (B2A2F2)|e4 (fg) E2-F2 E2 C4A,2|(d2c2)B2 (A2G2)F2 (B2A2F2)|D6- D3E D2C4B,2|
(A2F2)D2 B2G2E2 (A2F2)D2|E6E3F B,2C4 A,2|(A2F2)D2 (B2G2)E2 (A2F2)D2|d6 D3E D2 C4A,2|
B,2C2D2 D4B2A2F2|e6-e4 E2 C4A,2|(B,2C2)D2 D4 B2 A4F2|d6 D2E D2C4A,2|
F4-F4 B2A4F2|E6E2C2E2 C4A,2|A2F4B2G4 A2F2-A2|d4 A2 D2 (E2D2)C4!fermata!A,2||
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X: 1
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
P: Roger of Coverly (Sir Roger De Coverley)
%Q: 3/4=100
S: Playford, Dancing Master,9th Ed,1695.
O: Playford, London 1695
%: England;London
Z: Chris Partington.
F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/Vintage/program/CGcon/SirRogerDeCoverly0.abc
K: D
V:1 clef=treble name="1."
[V:1] A,\
|: B,/C/DD D2B AFA | E3 EB,D C2A, | B,/C/DD D2B AFA | d2D D>ED C2A, :|
|: AFA BGB AFA | =c2E E>FD C2A, | AFA BGB AFA | d2D D>ED C2A, :|
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X:2
T:Old Roger the New Way
M:9/4
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:John Young - Second Volume of the Dancing Master (editions 1-4, 1710, No. 38).
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="2."
[V:1] A,2|B,CD2D2 D4 B2 A2F2D2|E6 E2B,2D2C4 A,2|B,C D2D2 D4B2A2G2A2|d4 D2 D3E D2C4A,2:|
|:A2F2A2B2G2B2A2F2A2|E6 E3F D2C4A,2|A2F2A2 B2G2B2 A2F2A2|d4 D2 D3E D2C4 A,2|
a2g2f2 g2f2e2 f2e2d2|e4 E2 E3F E2C4A,2|a2g2f2 g2f2e2 f2e2d2|e4 E2 E3F E2C4 A,2:|
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X:3
T:Roger of Coverly
M:9/4
L:1/8
N:”Longways for as many as will.”
B:John Walsh - Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth
B: (London, 1740, No. 86)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="3."
[V:1] A,2|(B,C)D2D2D4B2A2F2D2|E6E2B,2D2C4A,2|
(B,C)D2D2D4B2A2F2A2|d4D2D3ED2C4A,2||
A2F2A2B2G2B2A2F2A2|_c4E2E3FD2C4A,2|
A2F2A2B2G2B2A2E2A2|d4D2D3ED2C4A,2||
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X: 4
T:Roger of Coverley. JJo1.190
B:J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 1 after c1750?
Z:vmp. Anne Wride 2015. www.village-music-project.org.uk
M:9/4
L:1/4
Q:3/4=120
F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Johnson/Johnson%20Vol1(Jan17).abc
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="4."
[V:1] A, | B,/C/ DDD2BAFD | E3 EB,DC2A, | B,/C/ DDD2BAFA | d2DD>ED C2A, ||
AFABGBAFA | =c2EE>FDC2A, | AFABGBAFA | d2D D>ED C2A, |]
W:The 1st Man go below the 2d. Wo. then round her and so below the 2d. Man into his own Place
W:Then the 1st Wo. go below the 2d. Man then round him and so below the 2d. Wo. into her own Place
W:The 1st Cu. cross over below the 2d. Cu. and take hands and turn twice
W:Then lead up thro' and cast off into the 2d. Cu. Place.
show score for: Roger of Coverley. JJo1.190
X:5
T:Roger of Coverly
M:9/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="5."
[V:1] A,2|:B,C D2 D2 D4 B2 A2F2D2|E6 E2B,2D2 C4A,2|B,CD2D2 D4B2 A2F2A2|d4D2 D3ED2 C4A,2||
A2F2A2 B2G2B2 A2F2A2|=c4E2 E3FD2 C4A,2|A2F2A2 B2G2B2 A2F2A2|d4D2 D3ED2 C4A,2:||
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X:6
T:Roger de Coverley
M:9/4
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:William Clark of Lincoln music manuscript collection (1770, No. 23)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="6."
[V:1] E2F2G2 g2f2e2 d2B2G2|F4A2 A2E2A2 F4ED|E2F2G2 g2f2e2d2B2d2|
g4G2 G2E2A2 F4 ED||d2B2d2 e2c2e2d2B2G2|F4A2 A2E2A2 F4 ED|
d2B2d2 e2c2e2 d2B2G2|g4 G2 G2E2A2 F4 ED||g2a2b2 b2a2b2 b2a2g2|
f2g2 a2 a3b ag f3e d2|g2a2b2b2a2b2 a2g2f2|g4G2 G2E2A2 F4 ED||
d2B2d2 g2 e2c2 d2B2G2|F4A2 A2E2A2 F4ED|d2B2d2 g2e2c2 d2B2G2|
g4G2 G2E2A2 F4 ED||E2F2G2 G,4D2 B,4D2|G,4A2 A2E2A2 F4ED|
E2F2G2 G,4D2 B,4D2|G,4G2 G2E2A2 F4ED||E2C2E2 D2B,2D2 D2B2,G,2|
A,4A2 A2E2c2 F4 ED|E2C2E2 D2B,2D2 D2B,2G,2|G,4G2G2E2A2 F4ED||
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X:7
T:Ould Rodger de Coverley. A Retreat.
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 35, p. 8)
N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln,
N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in
N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs.
N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see
N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="7."
[V:1] D|G2G G2e dBG|E2A ABG F2D|G2G G2e def|g2G GAG F2D|
e2 dBd ece dBG|E2A ABG F2D|dBd ece fdf|g2G GAG FED:|]
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X:8
T:Sir Roger de Coverly
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:Incorrectly barred in ms.
B:unknown music manuscript date 1830, largely quadrilles and
B:waltzes, and predominantly labelled in the French language (pp. 100-101)
N:Viewable at the American Vernacular Music site
F:https://archive.org/details/Quadrille
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
V:1 clef=treble name="8."
[V:1] !arpeggio![A,2C2F2]F F2f|cAF G>AG|GAF EDC|F2F F2c|cde f2F|FGF EDC:|
|:cAc dBd|ece f2F|FGF EDC|cAc dBd|ece f2F|FGF EDC||
c'ba bag|agf g2g|gaf edc|c'ba bag|gfe f2F FGF EDC:|]
V:2 clef = bass
!arpeggio![F,,2A,,2C,2F,2]z F,2z|F,,2z C,2z|C,2z C,2z|F,2z F,2z|F,2z F,2z|F,2z C,2z:|
F,2z B,,2z|C,2z F,2z|F,2z C,2z|F,2z B,,2z|C,2z F,2z|F,2 z F,,2z||
F,2z C,2z|B,,2z C,2z|C,2z C,2z|F,2z C,2z|C,2z C,2z|F,2z F,,2z:|]
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X:9
T:Roger de Coverley
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 167)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="9."
[V:1] D|GAG G2e dBG|E2A ABG FED|GAG G2e def|g2G GAG FED:|
|:dBd edg dBG|E2A ABG FED|dBd ece def|g2G GAG FED:|]
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X:10
T:Old Roger De Coverley. Roose.0020
B:J.Roose MS, Manchester, 1850
Z:Village Music Project 2019 Eric Conrad
M:9/8
Q:3/8=120
L:1/8
N:Each wedge generates one warning in Abc2midi. These warnings can be ignored.
N:
N:NB1) In the MS (and here!), the pickup (correctly!) comes before the repeat.
N:NB2) Natural assumed here analogous to measure 1 of C part.
N: (This natural is not in the MS. Note that Nineteenth century conventions for
N: duration of accidentals differ from today's conventions, so this is a difference
N: of convention and not an error.)
W:Key sig should probably be Dmaj
K:A
V:1 clef=treble name="10."
[V:1] "_NB1"A, |: (B,/C/D)!wedge!D D2B AFD | C2E EFD CB,A, | \
(B,/C/D)!wedge!D D2B ABc | d2F D>ED D2A, :|
|: AFA BGB AFD | C2E EFD C2A, | AFA BGB ABc | d2F D>ED D2A, :|
|: fga ef=g fed | c2d ef"_NB2"=g f2e | fga ef"_NB2"=g fed | d2F D>ED D2A, :|
show score for: Old Roger De Coverley. Roose.0020
X:11
T:Sir Roger de Coverley
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Milne - Middleton's Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 40)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="11."
[V:1] D|:OG2G G2e dBG|A2A ABG FED|G2 G G2e def|
g2G GAG FED::dBd ece dBG|[F2A2]A ABG FED|
dBd ece def|g2G GAG FED::gag f2e dBG|
[F2A2]A ABG FED|gag f2e def|g2 g gag fedO:|]
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X:12
T:Sir Roger de Coverly
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Contre Dance
B:Laybourn - Kohler's Violin Repository vol. 1 (1881, p. 33)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="12."
[V:1] G>AG .G2.e d>BG|.E2.A A>BG F>ED|G>AG .G2.e d>ef|.g2.G G>AG F>ED||
d>Bd e>ce d>BG|.E2.A A>BG F>ED|d>Bd e>ce d>ef|1.g2.G G>AG F>ED:|2 g>agf>ef g>dB!D.C.!||
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X:13
T:Sir Roger Nacovelry
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 4, No. 42, p. 9)
N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally
N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark,
N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim.
F: https://manuscripts.itma.ie/grier/book-four/
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="13."
[V:1] G2G G2B dBG|ABA G2G FED|G2G G2B def|g2G GAG FED||
efe edB dBG|ABA A2G FED|efe edB def|g2G GAG FED|
efe edB dBG|ABA A2G FED|d3 e3 f3|g2G GAG FED||
|:g2g g2a bag|a2a a2b c'bc'|bc'd' a2b g2d|1efe d2c BAG:|2 efe d2c B2A||
show score for: Sir Roger Nacovelry
X:14
T:Sir Roger de Coverley
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:MacDonald - Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="14."
[V:1] D|:G2G G2e dBG|A2QA ABG FED|G2G G2e def|
g2G GAG FED:||:dBd ece dBG|[F2A2][AA] ABG FED|
dBd ece def|g2G GAG FED:||:gag f2e dBG|
[F2A2][AA] ABA FED|gag f2e def|g2g gag fed:|
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X:15
T:Sir Roger de Coverly
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Robbins Collection of 200 Jigs, Reels and Country Dances (N.Y., 1933, No. 7, p. 2)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="15."
[V:1] .G2.G G2e dBG|.A2.A ABG FED|.G2.G G2e def|g2G GAG FED:|
|:dBd ece dBG|.A2.A ABG FED|dBd ece def|g2G GAG FED:|
|:d'c'b c'b'a bag|e2a a2b c'ba|d'c'b c'ba bag|d2g g2a bag:|
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