Jack Off the Green

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 Theme code Index    1317L 1317L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:William Preece
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Richard Carlin
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Master Collection of Dance Music for the Violin
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 20, p. 24
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1984
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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 Score   (1)   




X: 1 T:Tune: Jack Off the Green R:single jig H:A variant of the tune in John Kirkpatrick's "Opus Pocus"; H:Used a tune for Red Stags Morris "Weobley Handclap Dance"; C:William Preece (Hereford). W:There was a young woman / As fine as ever was seen W:And with an old broomstick / She knocked Jack off the green M:6/8 L:1/8 F:http://bassett-street-hounds.org/hounds/dances/weobley_handclap K:G D | G2 G AGA | B2 B Bcd | G2 G AGA | B3 B2 A | G2 G AGA | B2 B Bcd | e3 dBG | A3 G3 |] d3 g3 | f2 e B3 | e2 f g2 g | a2 g e2 f | g2 g gfe | d2 c B3 | e2 e efe |\ M:12/8 d2 c (B3 B3) A3 |\ M:6/8 G2 G AGA | B2 B Bcd | e3 dBG | A3 G3 |]