Over the Hills and Far Away (1)

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 Theme code Index    1H1H1H3H 1H665
 Also known as    Twas o'er the Hills and Far away
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 Region    England, Scotland
 Genre/Style    English, Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    ENGLAND(North East)
 Structure    AB
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Over the Hills and Far Away (1): Annotations

X:1 T:Over The Hills And Far Away [1] M:C L:1/8 S:Henry Atkinson's original MS, Hartburn, no. 105, N'umberland,1694. O:England A:Hartburn, Northumberland N:cf Pills To Purge Melancholy, 1719. also Walsh CD, 1719.CGP Z:vmp.Chris Partington.Jan.2004 K:C GA|c3d cded|c2A2-A2GA|c3d cdec|f2d2-d2GA|! c3d cded|c2A2A2c2|G3A GABc|e2d2-d2||! ef|g3a gede|c2A2-A2ef|g3a gedc|a2d2-d2ef|! gfga gede|c2A2A2c2|G3A GAcd|e2d2-d2|]


X: 1 T:Twas o'er the Hills and Far away. PFD2.055 B:Playford's Dancing Master, Vol 2, 1713-28 Z:vmp.Chris Partington 2015 www.village-music-project.org.uk T:Over the Hills and Far Away [1],aka. PFD2.055 M:C| L:1/8 Q:1/2=70 W:Each strain is to be play'd twice o'er W:The 1st man and his partner cross over the 2d Cu and turn. W:This to the first strain play'd once W:Then cross over the 3d Cu and turn W:This to the first strain play'd twice W:Then lead up to the top and cast off, and then right hands and left quite round W:This to the second strain play'd once W:then lead through the 3d Cu, and cast up and turn your partner W:This to the second strain play'd twice K:F G2|c2ed cded|c2A4G2|c2ed cdec|f2d4G2| c2ed cded|c2A2f3A|A2GFG2e2|f2d4:| |:ef|g3fe2d2|c2A4ef|g3fe2dc|f2d4ef| g3fe2d2|c2A2 f3A|A2GFG2e2|f2d4:|


X:2 T:O'ver the Hills & far away [1] M:C L:1/8 B:Bremner, Instructions for the guitar…, Edinburgh, [1758], p. 15 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:C GA|c3d cded|c2A2 A2GA|c3d cdec|e2d2 [d2G2]GA| c3d cded|c2A2 A2c2|G3A GAcd|e2 [d2G2] [d2G2]:| |:ef|g3a gede|c2A2 A2ef|g3a gedc|e2 [d2G2] [d2G2] ef| [g3e3][af] gede|c2A2 A2c2|G3A GAcd|[e2c2] [d2G2] [d2G2]:|]


X:3 T:Over the Hills & farr away [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:March S:William Clark of Lincoln music manuscript collection (1770, No. 20) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D cece cAA2|cece fdd2|cece cA f2|A/G/F GA fd d2:| |:gage cA A2|gage fd d2|gage cA f2|AG/F/ GA fd d2:|]


X:1 T:Over the Hills and Far Away [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air, March B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 3” (1820, No. 119, p. 32) F: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab7b93e0-f959-0139-46b9-0242ac110002#/?uuid=277ff190-2ae4-013a-5cb8-0242ac110003 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|dfdf|dB BA|dfdf|geeA|dfdf|fd g2|BA/G/ AB|gee|| f/g/|a>b a/g/f/e/|dBBf|a>b b/a/g/f/|ge ef/g/|a>b a/g/f/e/|dB g2|BA/G/ AB|gee||


Over the Hills and Far Away (1): Annotations

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