X:1
T: O Mother Roger
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: reel
B: "The Compleat Country Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London ca. 1740
S: 6: CCDM1 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.1 p.32 #56
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The dances are identical except for trivial spelling and punctuation differences.
M: C|
L: 1/8
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/O_Mother_Roger.abc	 2025-04-13 135553 UT
K: C
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G |\
c2 c2 d2 e2 | f2 g2 e2 (dc) | f2 f2 d2 g2 | e2 (dc) g4 |\
e2 ee a2 a2 | d2 d2 g2 g2 | c2 (BA) d2 (cB) | (cB) (AG) G4 |]
d2 d2 B2 (AG) | f2 f2 "1."[e4d4] | (fe) (dc) (cd) e2 | (dc) (BA) A4 |\
f2 f2 (fg) a2 | (gf) (ed) ^c4 | a2 f2 (fg) a2 | (gf) (ed) d3 e |
f2 e2 d2 e2 | (dc) (BA) B3 c | A2 B2 c2 d2 | e2 d>c c3 |]
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%%text 1. CCDM1 has e; DMDfD has d; both sound OK (but imply different chords, C vs. G7).
%%begintext align
%% The two Men take Hands and lead thro' between the two
%% We. and come into their own Places and turn, the two
%% We. doing the same; then the 1st Cu. clap Hands, and
%% then clap Sides, the We. clapping Hands at the same Time.
%% then cast off, and go the Figure through, 'till they come
%% into the 2d Cu. Place.
%%endtext