Whalsey

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 Theme code Index    5425 3b127bL
 Also known as    Greensleeves (4)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Shetland/Orkney
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:A.W. Johnston
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Old-Lore Miscellaey of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland Vol. V
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 79
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1912
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Whalsey: Annotations



X:1
T:Whalsey
O:Shetland
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Old-Lore Miscellany (1912, p. 79)
N:A variant of "Greensleeves (4)." 
N:The 'G' note in measure seven of each strain was sharped in the 
N:printed version. Cecil Sharp thought it a 'modern' alteration, and
N:advised that it probably was played natural.
N:The tune is from a manuscript collection [given A.W. Johnston] by 
N:"the late" Mrs. Balfour, which had been in the possession of her 
N:husband, the late Colonel David Balfour of Balfour and Trenaby. 
N:The Ms. also contains "Day Dawn" and "Foula Reel"..." 
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amin
efe d2c|B3e2d|c2A ABc|B2G G2B|
e2e d2c|B3 e2d|c2A B2G|1A3 E2z:|2 A3 A2B|
c2d e2a|gec e2d|c2A ABc|B2G G2B|
c2d e2a|gec e2d|c2A B2G|1 (A3 A2)B:|2 A3 E2z||

Whalsey: Annotations