Staines Morris, aka Then Away to the Maypole


Key: Em

Form: March

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Sheet Music in PDF:

ABC

X:19066
T:Staines Morris
T:Then Away to the Maypole
R:March
C:Trad. Playford 1651
O:England; Staines
Z:Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook 2024 (see www.paulhardy.net). Creative Commons cc by-nc-sa licenced.
M:2/2
L:1/8
Q:1/2=60
K:Em
"Em"B2 e2 "A"^c2 "B7"^d2|"Em"e2 dc B3 c|"G"dedc B2 AG|"Bm"FEFG "Em"E4:|
"Em"GABc B2 AG|"Bm"FEFG "Em"E4|GABc B2 AG|"Bm"FEFG "Em"E4||
|:"G"G2 GG D2 D2|"Em"EFGA B3 c|"G"dedc B2 AG|"Bm"FEFG "Em"E4:|

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Source: Trad. Playford* 1651

Other Tunes in Set:

Region: England

Notes:  There seem to be dozens of versions of this tune, in several keys, minor, major and dorian.  See This page on JC’s ABC Tune Finder.

*I’m told that Playford is a British term meaning what North Americans know as English country dance.

We play the three parts AABCC.