Merry Wakefield

Find traditional instrumental music


Merry Wakefield  Click on the tune title to see or modify Merry Wakefield's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Merry Wakefield
Query the Archive
Query the Archive
 Theme code Index    31H1H 52H2H
 Also known as    Harlequin Shipwreck'd, Shipwreck (2)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Slip/Hop Jig
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    9/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:John Walsh
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Caledonian Country Dances vol. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 50
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1740
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Merry Wakefield M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:William Clark of Lincoln music manuscript collection (1770, No. 12, p. 8) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G Bd(g g)dB gdB|cea afg f2d|Bd(g g)dB gdB|(B/c/dB) e/f/gB A2G:| |:Bc(d d)BG AFD|EFG ABc Tc2B|gdB ecA dBG|(B/c/dB) (e/f/gB) A2G:|]


X:1 T:Merry Wakefield or the Shipwreck M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:William Vickers 1770 music manuscript collection N:http://www.farnearchive.com/show_images.asp?id=R0308702&image=1 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G Big gdB gdB|dfa afd a2c|Bdg gdB gdc|BdB egB A2G:| |:Bcd dBG AFD|EFG Abc c2B|gdB ecA dBG|BdB egB A2G:|]


X:1 T:Merry Wakefield M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Frank Kidson - Old English Country Dances (1890) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G Bdg gdB gdB|dfa afd a2c|Bdg gdB gdB|gdB|B/c/dB e/f/gB A2G:| |:Bcd dBG AFD|EFG ABc c2B|gdB ecA dBG|B/c/dB e/f/gB A2G:|]