Key: Em
Form: March
ABC:
X: 1 T: Staines Morris T: Then Away to the Maypole R: March C: Trad. Playford 1651 O: England, Staines Z: Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook 2014 (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 "D7"dc "G"B3 c | "G"dedc "(Em)"B2 AG | "B(m)"FEFG "Em"E4 :| [| "Em"GABc B2 AG | "Bm"FEFG "Em"E3 F | "G"GABc B2 AG | "D(B7)"FEFG "Em"E4 |] |: "G"G2 GG D2 D2 | "C"EFGA "G"B3 c | "G"dedc "(Em)"B2 AG | "B7"FEFG "Em"E4 :|
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Source (if known): Trad. Playford* 1651
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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.