Smiling Polly

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 Theme code Index    3142 3125L
 Also known as    Keel Row (The), Twin Sisters (4) (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles & Samuel Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1763
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1763
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Smiling Polly T:Keel Row M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F B|A>F FA|B2 GB|A>F FA|G>E C>B|A>F FA|B2 GB|A>F G>E|F3||B| A<c cv|d2 c>B|A2 FA|GE C>B|A<c cf|d2 cB|A<F G>E|F3||


X:2 T:Smiling Polly M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Frank Kidson – Old English Country Dances (1890) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D [D2A2f2] df|g2 eg|[D2A2f2] df|e/d/c/B/ A2| [D2A2f2] df|g2 eg|fa Ac|d2D2:| |:FDAF|dA g2|fe/d/ cd|e/d/c/B/ A2|FDAF|dA g2|fg/a/ Ac|d2D2:|


X:3 T:Smiling Polly M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765) Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D [D2A2f2] df|g2 eg|[D2A2f2] df|e/d/c/B/ A2|[D2A2f2] df|g2 eg|fa Ac|d2 D2:| |:FDAF|dA g2|fed cd|e/d/c/B/ A2|FDAF|dA g2|fg/a/ Ac|d2D2:||