X: 1
T:Merry Dancers, The
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Walter Rainstorp music manuscript collection (1747, p. 12)
F: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2057949">https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2057949</a>
N:The cover is inscribed “Walter Rainstorp, 1747. Bought in Cheap Side,
N:London, 1747”.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
F:http://tunearch.org/wiki/Merry_Dancers_(The) 2024-04-26 135344 UT
K:G
c2|B3A B2c2 G2E2|G3A G2 G4c2|B3A B2c2G2E2|D3D D2D4c2|
B3AB2c2G2E2|G3A G2 G4 c2|Bcd2B2 c4B2|A2F2D2 D4:|
|:c2|Bc d2B2 G2B2G2|Bc B2 G4c2|Bc d2B2G4B2|A2F2D2 D4c2|
Bc d2 B2G2B2G2|Bc d2B2 2G4 e2|d2c2B2 c4B2|A2F2D2 D4:|
|:g2|f2e2f2g2d2B2|g2e2B2 G4g2|f3e f2g2B2|A2F2D2 D3g2|
f2e2f2g2d2B2|d2e2f2g2d2B2|c2a2c2 B2g2B2|A2F2D2 D4:|
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X: 1
T:Merry Dancers
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Bremner - (Scots Reels), c. 1757 p. 94
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
c | (B>AB) cGE | GAG G2c | T(B>AB) cGE| DED D2c |
T(B>AB) cGE | GAG c2e | dcB c2B | AFD D2 :|
|: c | (B/c/d)B GAG | (B/c/d)B G2c | (B/c/d)B GAG | (F/G/A)F D2c |
(B/c/d)B GAG | (B/c/d)B c2e | dcB c2B | AFD D2 :|
|: g | T(f>ef) gdB | gdB G2g |T(fef) gdB | AFD D2g |
T(f>ef) gdB | def gdB | cac BgB | AFD D2 :|]
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X: 1
T:Merry Dancers, The
M:6/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
c2|TB3AB2 c2B2E2|G2A2G2 G4c2|B3AB2 c2G2E2|D2E2D2 D4c2|
B3AB2 c2G2E2|G3AG2 G4c2|Bcd2B2 c4B2|A2F2D2 D4:|
|:c2|(Bc)d2B2 G2B2G2|(bc)d2B2 G4c2|(Bc)d2B2 G2B2G2|(FG)A2F2 D4c2|
(Bc)d2B2 G2B2G2|(Bc)d2B2 Tc4e2|d2c2B2 Tc4B2|A2F2D2 D4:|
|:g2|f3ef2 g2d2B2|g2d2B2 G4g2|f3ef2 g2d2B2|A2F2D2 D4g2|
f3ef2 g2e2B2|d2e2f2 g2d2B2|c2a2c2 B2g2B2|A2F2D2 D4:||
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X: 1
T:Merry Dancers, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 149, p. 52)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
c|BAB cGE|GAG G2c|BAB cGE|DED D2c|
BAB cGE|GAG G2c|(B/c/d)B|AFD D2:|
|:c|(B/c/d)B GAG|(B/c/d)B G2c|(B/c/d)B GAB|AFD D2c|
(B/c/d)B GAG|B/c/dB c2e|dcB c2B|AFD D2:|]
|:g|fef gdB|gdB G2g|fef gdB|AFD D2g|
fef gdB|def gdB|c2a B2g|AFD D2:|]
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X: 1
T:Merry Dancers
M: 6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Abraham Mackintosh – “Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs, &c.” (c. 1797, p. 10)
N:”Teacher of Dancing Newcastle-upon-Tyne”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
c|TB>AB cGE|G2G G2c|TB>AB cGE|D2D D2c|
TB>AB cGE|GAB c2e|dcB (A/B/c).B|AFD D2:|
|:c|(B/c/d).B GBG|(B/c/d).B G2c|(B/c/d).B GBG|AFD D2c|
(B/c/d).B GBG|B/c/dB c2e|dcB (A/B/c).B|AFD D2:|
|:g|f3 {ef}gdB|gdB g2g|f3 {ef}gdB|AFD D2g|
f>ef gdB|def gdB|cac BgB|AFD D2:|
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X: 1
T:Merry Dancers
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig & Country Dance
B:Morris/Maurice Hime – Forty Eight Original Irish Dances never Before Printed
B:with Basses for the Piano-Forte (Dublin,1804, No. 18)
F:<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90673324/f15.image">http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90673324/f15.image</a>
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
c|B3 BGE|G2G G2c|B3 BGE|AFD D2c|
B3 (BGE)|G2G G2B|cde dcB|AFD D3:|
|:c|(B/c/d)B G2c|(B/c/d)B G2c|(B/c/d)B G2B|AFD D2c|
(B/c/d)B G2c|(B/c/d)B G2d|gfe dcB|AFD D3:|
|:f|gag gdB|GAG G2f|gag gdB|AFD D2f|
gag gdB|ceg dcB|cde dcB|AFD D2:|]
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X: 1
T:The Merry Dancers
N:Copied from Aird Selections vol. 1 (1782), but transposed
N:from ‘G’
O: No 268 Wm Clarke MS Feltwell, Norfolk (1858)
Z:Transcribed Mary Humphreys 2010
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:C
f|ede fcA|cdc c2f|ede fcA|GAG G2f|
ede fcA|edc c2f|e/f/ge f2e|dBG G2:|
|:f|(e/f/ge) cdc|(e/f/ge)cde|dBA G2f|
(e/f/ge) cdc|e/f/ge f2a|gfe f2e|dBG G2:|
|: c'|bab c'ge|c'ge c2c'|bab c'ge|dBG G2 c'|
bab c'ge|gab c'ge|f2 d'e2 c'|dBG G2:||
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X: 1
T:Merry Dancers Jig, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 605)
B: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf">http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf</a>
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
c|BAB cGE|GAG G2c|BAB cGE|DED D2c|
BAB cGE|GAG G2c|B/c/dB c2B|AFD D2:|
|:c|B/c/dB GAG|B/c/dB G2c|B/c/dB GAB|AFD D2c|
B/c/dB GAG|B/c/dB c2e|dcB c2B|AFD D2:|
|:g|fef gdB|gdB G2g|fef gdB|AFD D2d|
fef gdB|efg gdB|c2a B2g|AFD D2:|]
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